Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules

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The Trump administration plans a significant overhaul of the Head Start program, potentially weakening quality standards. This could shift responsibility for early education standards to individual U.S. states, affecting children from impoverished backgrounds.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for impoverished children, two people familiar with the deliberations said.