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Head Start: Making “quality” a national priority

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The recurrent debate in the Federal budget and appropriations processes will continue to make financing of early childhood education programs problematic. Should money be allocated to broaden access or to improve upon program quality? As a competitor for scarce resources, Head Start represents a case in point. An analysis of issues surrounding its funding has implications forall early childhood programs.

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This article has benefited from the comments of several anonymous reviewers to whom I would like to express my appreciation.

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Chafel, J.A. Head Start: Making “quality” a national priority. Child Youth Care Forum 21, 147–163 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757565

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