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Head Start expands impact on 350000 children nationwide
The program started as a summer effort and grew into a $392 million operation serving 350,000 children yearly. It has shaped attitudes toward early education, involved parents in administration, and delivered standardized health care to poor preschoolers while sparking debate over cognitive gains and long term outcomes.
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N.Y. Times
New York
Louvenia Palmer
New Haven
Conn
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
Head Start
YMCA
Jule Sugerman
Lillyan Jackson
New Orleans
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kirschner Associates