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"Head Start reform still undefined," Washington Times, 05/08/2003
The Head Start reauthorization bill upcoming in the House will probably contain key Bush administration reforms, though not exactly what the White House has proposed, a House Republican said yesterday. "There's still room for improvement" in the $6.6 billion federal Head Start program, said Rep. Michael N. Castle, Delaware Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce subcommittee on education reform, which is writing the legislation. Ticking off several Bush administration proposals, Mr. Castle yesterday told a Head Start seminar hosted by the Brookings Institution that improving Head Start's educational quality "will be a major focus" of the reform. Gains are needed in Head Start students' vocabulary, writing and math. Head Start's renowned social, health and nutrition services to low-income 3- and 4-year-olds must also be maintained, and Congress should set higher professional standards for Head Start staff, Mr. Castle said.
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