Talk:Head Start (program)

message: I've read in multiple articles that Urie Bronfenbrenner was the co-founder of Head Start, yet he's not mentioned anywhere in the article.  I don't usually contribute or make comments but I'm wondering if I am missing something here. (174.62.204.63 (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bronfenbrenner

message: The Effectiveness section of this article was hopelessly one-sided, and discussed largely pre-K services rather than Head Start services, which is what the article is supposed to be about. I deleted the section, pending the creation of a more balanced review of the massive literature surrounding Head Start's effectiveness. -- pbfrank@gmail.com
Not only is it one-sided, but the quotes from their favored sources are very selective.  In fact some of the studies conclude the opposite of what we are led to believe in this article. - huangdi
I agree. The citations were one-sided and uninformative. The section lists perceived shortcomings but fails to discuss other factors that may cause them. Wordbuilder 23:27, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the above observations, and I have tagged a POV for this article, as it still contains the bias at the time of the tag, and the categorizations do not address the above suggestions and observations.  I hope the the contributor immediately above edits the article--I am unqualified to do so.  Kemet 14:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anybody have the cite for Wolffe and Stein?  I'd be happy to add it.  That's not actually Maryanne Wolfe at Tufts, is it? I thought something was forthcoming on Head Start from the Tufts Child Development program? Also, anybody have something more for Freakanomics?  I'd suggest limiting this section to specific studies, and saying a popular book is critical of the program really doesn't add anything useful (how, why and based on what data are, I think, the right questions). Sam 14:46, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Freakonomics doesn't have a lot to say about Head Start.  I edited that section to address their main point.  I left out some unsourced theorizing about how uneducated teachers may be to blame for Head Start's poor long-term effects, because Head Start teaching positions are low-paid and unlikely to attract highly qualified candidates. PubliusFL 17:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Effectiveness

message: I reverted this edit because the editor is the co-Executive Director at the non-profit the link pointed to.  This doesn't mean the link isn't appropriate, just that it needs the eyes of regular editors of this article to look at it and decide if the link should be included.  --Siobhan Hansa 10:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link 

message: I have an extremely liberal/socialist former friend who claims Head Start is racist because it forces Hispanic and black children to adopt "white" culture? Is this just him being insane or has this been documented?Electricbassguy (talk) 01:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My child attends Head Start, he has been a student for 1 1/2 years. There are 6 children in his class and two teachers. He is the only white child that has ever been there in nearly two years.  Several children has left and been replaced, but only with hispanic or African american ethics.  His teacher is also afican american. She lives in a primarily white neighborhood.  My son is 3, he realizes he is different, but i think this is good for him in some ways, in other ways, it has caused him to feel "left out".  you ask is head start racist? I dont think so, I dont think they adopt to primarily white culture-thats insane.  Also, the head start headquarters i have to report to:  Everyone there is either African american or "hispanic"  I have never seen a white person there-  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.16.91.229 (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's strange. It's far from racist. Race is totally unrelated to Head Start in any way shape or form o.o --209.181.16.93 (talk) 21:40, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Racism?

message: How is this an Obama related article? --209.181.16.93 (talk) 21:41, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: seconded. Did I miss something? mjlissner (talk) 01:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I cant find any reference to obama doing anything about head start unless you want to say every education article is obama related because the only thing i can find is provide more money to all education--209.181.16.93 (talk) 22:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

text:  I concur that the Obama connection is very tenuous but its inclusion is not doing any harm and I'm not inclined to remove it. Dwight Burdette 13:27, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: An editor comment with the Obama Project template said HS is part of the Obama Change Agenda. Well, this is hardly a justification as the agenda has some 120+ items listed.  Is HS something particular to Obama as opposed to other presidents (or their articles)? Or has special emphasis been given to HS by Obama? Did a Project Member ever come in and assess this article? No, no, and no. Accordingly, I'm deleting the Obama Project banner. --S. Rich (talk) 18:58, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obama?? 

message: How many children are eligible based on family income vs. actually enroll?  How does demand compare to supply?  (This has become an issue recently with sequestration cuts.) -- Beland (talk) 17:18, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Nation wide it was 57,000 children less enrolled. In Rhode Island, that translated into 450 children out of 2800 lost their spot. In RI with a million inhabitants about 13% live below the poverty line, so that is 130,000 individuals. If we assume that the 2800 head start kids each represent a household out of those 130,000 that would be about 2%. But given that there are households with two or more children enrolled it is more likely only 1% of poor households in Rhode Islands that had children enrolled in Headstart before the sequester, now it is a little less than that.User:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 20:59, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eligibility vs. funding 

message: I read this Wikipedia article after reading Scott Stossel's well researched biography of Sargent Shriver ("Sarge") and, in particular, the chapter therein on the history of the inception of Head Start.  Shriver's vision and crucial role in this history is almost completely missing in the Wikipedia article.  I must assume that the entire Wikipedia article is woefully lacking in balance at best or terribly inaccurate at worst.
Scott Stossel.  Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. 2004. Smithsonian Books, Washington.
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message: * search "Tiny Tots" California "Department of Education"
* https://www.ci.colton.ca.us/138/Preschool-Programs
* https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/View/75660
* https://www.greatschools.org/california/gilroy/32223-Gilroy-Special-Ed-Preschool/
* Office of Child Protection (OCP) Submission of Early Care and Education Landscape Analysis (12-04-19)
* https://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/352/Pre-School
* https://fremont.gov/2204/Meet-Our-Teachers
* https://cityofpetaluma.org/teacher-bios/
* https://www.first5yuba.org/uploads/2/9/4/6/29467203/2015_-_16_f5y_evaluation_report.pdf
* https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/51_fully_executed_contract_lil_people.pdf
* https://www.cityofsalinas.org/our-city-services/recreation-community-services/programs/tot-programs
* https://campbellca.gov/Directory.aspx%3FDID%3D22
* https://parks.lacounty.gov/kids-family/
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* http://tjpa.org/uploads/2017/09/Item9_Park-Rules.pdf
* https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/33641
* https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/6577/Robertson_2008_Project.pdf
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