In our county, Headstart is pretty much a joke, is it different for you all in the close in suburbs? What we have here are kids that can either sit at home with an uneducated parent to go to Headstart and stay there with an equally uneducated parent who is being paid a touch over minimum wage.
Headstart is a joke in this county as well. I’ve read stuff about how by 3rd grade many kids that came from headstart programs are actually behind their classmates in reading level. I have no idea how factual that is, and I don’t remember where I read it, but from what I’ve seen of some 3rd graders, it’s not all that far fetched.
she’s proposing a universal pre-k availble
for all 4yr olds.
our headstart sounds similar to yours. :(
I think HeadStart would be more effective if certified early education teachers were the actual instructors, but that isn’t the case here either.