PRESS ROOM

PRESS RELEASES ARCHIVED 2005

• December 22, 2005 - NHSA: Congress Cuts 24,000 Head Start Child Slots In Order To Underwrite Tax Cuts For Wealthy... more

• October 27, 2005 - Funds for 35,000 Head Start At-Risk Children Slots Would Vanish Under 2% Across-the-Board Federal Spending Cut...more

• September 29, 2005 - After Rita, Head Start Aid Extended to Texas, and Head Start Relief Center Established...more
• September 27, 2005 - National Head Start Association Mourns Death of Head Start Founding Father Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner ...more
• September 23, 2005 - National Head Start Association Comments on Head Start Bill Passed by U.S. House ...more
• September 8, 2005 - Katrina Aid Organized Though Head Start Programs in Mississippi, Alabama and New Orleans Area in Louisiana ...more
• July 14, 2005 - $3.4 Billion Head Start "Funding Gap" Seen as Congress Moves to Raise Teacher Degree Requirements without Pay ... more
• June 16, 2005 - Senate Bill Undercuts Head Start Fathers ...more
• June 9, 2005 - New Head Start Impact Study Shows “Very Promising” Early Results, Points to Success of Program Boosting School Readiness of American's Most At-Risk Children ... more
• June 1, 2005 - NHSA Extends Olive Branch To Acting Head Start Bureau Chief, Urges Full Disclosure Of Report That Led To Hill Registration ...more
• May 18, 2005 - Head Start Founding Fathers, John Kerry To Help Mark 40th Anniversary Celebration At NHSA Training COnference in Orlando ... more
• May 5, 2005 - NHSA: State Block Grants Left Out of new House Bill, Negotiations Continue on Detail...more
• March 24, 2005 - Unparked Leaves, Toaster Crumbs and Toddler Lunch Money Trumped up to Trash Head Start Programs Across U.S. ...more
• March 17, 2005 - NHSA: GAO Report Based on Flawed HHS Data, Presents Incorrect Picture of Head Start Grantees...more
• March 14, 2005 - NikeGO and the National Head Start Association Launch First-of-its-Kind Physical Activity Program for Preschool Children ...more
• February 3, 2005 - NHSA: Two Unpublicized Head Start Test Score Reports Show That The Program For American's Poorest Children is Making The Grade...more

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