Brookings: Topics - Head Start

Policy Proposals to Help Support Young Children and their Families

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Julia Isaacs outlines three policy proposals that have proved cost-effective and that can help to reduce burdens on young families.

Supporting Young Children and Families: An Investment that Pays

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Julia B. Isaacs details how the growing evidence about the importance of children’s early years is changing public attitudes toward early childhood programs. Adopting a well-designed package of investments in children from birth to five will improve children’s health, school achievement, and opportunities for future economic success.

Impacts of Early Childhood Programs

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Julia Isaacs and Emily Roessel assess the effects of five early childhood education programs—State Pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Model Early Childhood Programs and Nurse Home Visiting—that have had positive impacts on children’s cognitive skills and/or school outcomes.

Invest More In Students Under Age 5

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Julia B. Isaacs calls for both presidential candidates to consider effective preschool programs in their domestic policy platforms.

Candidate Issue Index: Children

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Compiled by Brookings Institution experts, this chart is part of a series of issue indices being published during the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In this index, candidates' views on children's issues are presented.

Investing in Early Education: Paths to Improving Children's Success

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While the nation has been struggling to eliminate the education gap, Ron Haskins testifies on ways to improve all preschool education received by poor children.

Success By Ten: Intervening Early, Often, and Effectively in the Education of Young Children

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Success by Ten is a proposed program designed to help every child achieve success in school by age ten. It calls for a major expansion and intensification of Head Start and Early Head Start, so that every disadvantaged child has the opportunity to enroll in a high-quality program of education and care during the first five years of his or her life. Because the benefits of this intensive intervention may be squandered if disadvantaged children go from this program to a low-quality elementary school, the second part of the proposal requires that schools devote their Title I spending to instructional programs that have proven effective in further improving the skills of children, especially their ability to read.

Using Preschool to Close the Education Gap

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

September 27, 2005, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

A public event featuring Governor Mark Warner of Virginia and Congressman Michael Castle (R-Delaware). Both distinguished guests addressed the important role quality preschool education plays in preparing poor and minority children for school.

Support State Experiments to Improve Head Start

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

With no serious changes in Head Start in prospect, and with splintered funding for preschool programs continuing, millions of poor and minority children will still be ill-prepared for the rigors of schooling. Ron Haskins explores policy options.

Competing Visions

Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Ron Haskins examines President Bush's proposal to reform Head Start and Congress's response.

The Future of Head Start

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill discuss President Bush's Head Start proposal and argue that, given the vital importance of education to achieving equality of opportunity, the nation must find ways to improve both preschool education and the K through 12 school system.

Head Start's Future: Perspectives from the Bush Administration, Congress, States, Advocates, and Researchers

Wed, 07 May 2003 09:00:00 GMT

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May 07, 2003, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative sponsored a public forum to discuss President Bush's proposal to give states the option of controlling Head Start funds and integrating the Head Start program with other preschool programs. The forum brought together policy-makers from the Bush administration and Capitol Hill with researchers and child advocates to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the Bush proposal and discuss the future of Head Start.

Refocus Head Start on its Mission: Education

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Diane Ravitch argues that Head Start cannot close the cognitive gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children until it has better-educated teachers, better-paid teachers and a determination to prepare its nearly 1 million students for school.

A Fresh Start for Head Start?

Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Children's Roundtable Report #5, by Janet Currie

Reviving The Roost: The Return Of The Empty Nesters To The City

Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Speech by Wellington Webb, Mayor City of Denver, at the 1998 James Rouse Forum