Heritage report calls for ending Head Start, but its evidence is anemic
Head Start is a federal-to-local program intended to enhance the school readiness and success of children in poverty.

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Head Start is a federal-to-local program intended to enhance the school readiness and success of children in poverty.


In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law.

Comptroller Don Huffines, who is asking the Legislature to double the amount of tax funds spent on the new school voucher program during the next budget period, believes the state has a “moral imperative” to help children pay for tuition at religious and other private schools. No, it doesn’t.

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