Head Start: Issues for the Second Quarter Century : Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session ... April 17, 1990, Boston, MA. |
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Page 4 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is indeed an honor to appear before you today and discuss the report of the Commission on both "Our Nation and the Sea.
Page 15 - President Carter, I chaired the committee that reviewed Head Start after its first 15 years. I have been involved in research and evaluation of Head Start and other early intervention programs for children and families for a quarter of a century.
Page 17 - The literature makes clear that "only high quality programs consistently show success."100 Zigler told a US Senate committee that "Head Start is effective only when quality is high Below a certain threshold of quality, the program is useless, a waste of money regardless of how many children are enrolled."101 Quality improvement plans have now been drawn and are starting to be implemented (see Ref.
Page 26 - Without specific initiatives to improve salaries, children who most need the the comprehensive, high-quality preschool experience that Head Start can provide will suffer. The people who work for Head Start have never done so because of the high wages, but they must be paid living wages. Because salaries are such a critical issue in Head Start today, we urge you to include a "set-aside
Page 29 - Start is refecting in the following areas of program operation: Salaries The inability to pay decent, competetive salaries is making it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain trained qualified staff. A 1988 study by the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families revealed that 47% of Head Start teachers earned less than $1 0,000 per year.
Page 125 - It is clear from the data that parents perceived a sense of belonging during their Head Start experiences. Through their participation in Head Start and from their communications with Head Start staff, the parents appeared to fee) that they belonged when they were at Head Start and that Head Start belonged to then. Thus we get a picture of Head Start as a forceful and effective institution in low-income communities where families often feel segregated and alienated from society and from the educational...
Page 24 - While expanding the program size, the Federal Government must also invest an adequate share of the new resources in measures that will reinforce and support program quality. For many years, Head Start programs have been forced to operate with inadequate funding that does not reflect the true cost of effective, comprehensive programs. This low...
Page 3 - President Kennedy had a vision of taking a man to the moon, to make us first in the world in space travel. Again, we accepted his challenge, funded it through our taxes, and completed the mission with amazing speed. Now the future is laying before us. Democracies are bursting all over the world. Economic engines are racing at breakneck speed to challenge and overtake our status. Meanwhile more and more of our...
Page 3 - Post-ABC News poll that asked, "Which domestic area should receive most of the so-called' peace dividend'?" 24 percent, the highest category, said: education. Look as well at the Gallup Report for October 1989, which reported that 76 percent of all respondents, again the highest category, said spending for public education should be increased in the Federal budget this year. That poll even went one step further and asked for which spending category would the respondent be willing to pay additional...
Page 27 - Start is a model' that works, offering hope and opportunity to America's neediest children and families. Today I want to speak with you about the need to provide sufficient funding to expand Head Start to reach all eligible children and families and to support quality improvements In order that we can more effectively serve all low income children and families. Our call to expand Head Start and support quality improvements is echoed by the business community who are concerned about the skills of...