Kim Strassel on Overhaul of the Head Start Program: It Has Become Insane, Pages of Rules That Schools Have to Follow to Receive Federal Funding

RUSH EXCERPT:
STRASSEL: "It is become insane. 30 some pages of rules head start programs, that preschools have to follow they want to receive federal funding. how often kids need to brush their teeth, how often they meet with mental health people, discipline in the classroom. they seem entirely designed to create union jobs, how many monitors are present in different places, none of this is designing a program that is going to give younger kids a Head Start for their life, but studies suggest this program isn’t doing much as it stands at the moment. the whole idea is giving states the choice. if this makes Democrat complaints weird, you can keep doing these rules if you want to. you can now have the ability and flex ability to make a better program."