Trump’s Plans for Head Start Could Leave Kids Behind

The Trump administration announced on Thursday plans to overhaul Head Start, the early education, nutrition, and health program which serves hundreds of thousands of low-income children. The proposed rule to rescind the majority of the program’s standards of care could have far-reaching effects for the nation’s most vulnerable families. Current regulations for Head Start include more than 100 pages of specific requirements for research-backed school curricula, household visits, child-to-teacher…