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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

More On the Head Start Decision

A New York Times Op-Ed on the changes to Head Start:

House Republicans have an alarming plan for Head Start, the early childhood program for some of the nation's most impoverished children and their families: They want to give religious groups that sponsor local Head-Start programs license to discriminate by not hiring otherwise qualified individuals who do not share a particular religion.

Posted by Jennifer Lowe



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