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Bush leaves children behind Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jul/07092003/opinion/73641.asp http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jul/07092003/opinion/73641.asp Left behind President Bush says he wants to "Leave no child behind." If he meant it, he would be trying to broaden the reach of Head Start, a program that has helped millions of pre-school children since 1965 but failed to reach millions more because there was never enough money in the pot. Instead, Bush has proposed virtually destroying Head Start by turning what may be the most successful of all federal programs over to cash-strapped states, where it is likely to either wither away or be turned into another test-happy regime that views young people as robots who can leave all their physical, nutritional and emotional problems behind if they just get their daily drills in phonics. The administration pays lip service to the value of Head Start, then says it would do better if it were devolved to the states to be dovetailed with their own educational programs. But, as Utah parents are painfully aware, state educational programs are already underfunded and understaffed. And many states, Utah included, have no pre-school education programs of their own because they are expensive and because -- wait for it -- Head Start fills that need so well. Fills the need, that is, for the children who get into the program. Head Start might reach a little more than half of those whose family situation qualifies them for the service. Or it may reach only one in seven eligible children. The latter estimate may be closer, allowing for the number of homeless, undocumented immigrant and other unnoticed families that aren't counted anywhere else, either. Utah Head Start programs spend $36 million a year in federal money -- no state funds -- and serve some 6,800 children from 6,000 households. More than 2,000 of those families have but one parent. In another 1,150, both parents work outside the home. If they have a home. Nearly 250 of them don't. The administration snipes at the program's effectiveness, claiming it would be improved if the states took it on. Head Start's supporters answer that the critics' expectations for the program are too high because too many are blind to the staggering poverty, mental illness, addiction, homelessness, violence -- all addressed by Head Start's total family approach -- that keep children from taking full advantage of public schools of whatever quality. And it is unfair to the point of falsehood to blame Head Start if the gains made in pre-school don't hold up in later years, as overwhelmed schools squander the advantages Head Start graduates brought to the table. Head Start is a very small life raft that some of the most vulnerable among us cling to. It's not perfect. But it would be unconscionable if even one child were left behind.

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