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Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:46 pm to AgSGT
Btw please keep us posted on the future.
Much respect to you brother m
Much respect to you brother m
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:51 pm to Jbird
Will do, it’s our second stint with these kids along with their newborn sister. We had two of them for 11 months a couple of years back. They then went back to their methed out parents. Last June we got a call and we enthusiastically said yes to taking them in along with their sister. We will be legally fighting them in June to ensure that we can adopt
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:52 pm to 4cubbies
You are do stupid it’s incredible.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:52 pm to AgSGT
Prayers to you my man!
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:24 pm to Jbird
Thank you, it’s not the easiest life, but helping others makes it worth it
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:28 pm to Tigertittie
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I know you're going to ignore this, but there's no way out of this mess without painful cuts. That goes for programs that both the left and the right support, but no one wants to hear that.
I don’t really care if they cut head start are not. It won’t affect my kids.However, it’s a trivial amount of money.
The painful cuts you are referring to can only come from two places. Entitlements (SS and Medicare) and the Pentagon. The rest of the budget is just the outside of the onion.
Trump doesn’t have the balls to do that and neither do his supporters. So we will continue to kick the can down the road.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:44 pm to AgSGT
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I’ve already stated that numerous times but to reiterate my experience has shown that non verbal children became verbal. I had interactions with teachers who specialize in things like helping foster children. I’m a better foster parent because of the instruction I got from Head Start employees
So no idea why so many fail?
Even in the studies listed, only a small percent do better than their non head start peers.
Not to be personal, but
Do you work full time?
Many parents in head Start use it as daycare, and don't seem to put in nearly as much effort as you do.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:44 pm to 4cubbies
Good. It’s not helping as the head start just gets wasted in too many public education school districts that are too focused on lowering standards for some, vilifying white males, and grooming kids into becoming alphabets instead of actually educating our kids properly.
The country did vote for this.
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inb4 I voted for this.
The country did vote for this.
This post was edited on 4/22/25 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:53 pm to Lightning
My wife is employed by heard start.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:58 pm to 4cubbies
Agree. It used to be corp sponsored. It is mostly a babysitting service for teenagers who just have babies because its cool. They drop the kid off in the morning and spend their day doing nothing but maybe getting pregnant again. Viscious cycle
Posted on 4/23/25 at 12:00 am to 4cubbies
I've also read about studies that show that, after the fifth grade it thereabouts, there is no statistical difference between Head Start kids, and kids who didn't attend Head Start.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 12:27 am to 4cubbies
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Kids living in poverty are the majority of kids in Head Starts.
Why would they need it? Joetato told us poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 6:34 am to FightinTigersDammit
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I've also read about studies that show that, after the fifth grade it thereabouts, there is no statistical difference between Head Start kids, and kids who didn't attend Head Start.
Having read a number of papers now;
Even the positive studies show a small but statistically significant.
In cubbies link it was only significant in vocabulary for urban and word comprehension for rural.
Or something like that.
One can p hack a small impact into and out of significance.
Whatever is true, it's small.
The vast majority get no benefit.
It seems like many parents use it as day care, and get zero benefit for their kids.
Others fully utilize the resources and get a real benefit.
If you took out the day care parents who don't care about their kids I bet the rest show improvements.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:14 am to Powerman
Even as a cut, it's window dressing....and meaningless when compared to the programs that truly need to be addressed like entitlements for Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:19 am to 4cubbies
AI Overview:
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The effectiveness of the Head Start program is a subject of ongoing debate and research, with both successes and criticisms. While some studies have shown positive short-term gains in pre-academic skills and behavior, long-term benefits are often less clear or have diminished over time. Critics argue that the program fails to reach all intended beneficiaries and that improvements in early childhood education should focus on broader reforms, not just Head Start.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:23 am to mule74
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However, it’s a trivial amount of money.
People have said this about a thousand other things they want to cut. It all adds up.
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Even as a cut, it's window dressing....and meaningless
Case in point.
This post was edited on 4/23/25 at 7:26 am
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:25 am to KiwiHead
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Even as a cut, it's window dressing....and meaningless when compared to the programs that truly need to be addressed like entitlements for Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.
And when they make cuts to those programs, you’ll complain.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:26 am to the808bass
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And when they make cuts to those programs, you’ll complain.
100% kiwitard and 4kommies will make endless threads about how those cuts are literally killing ppl
Posted on 4/23/25 at 7:41 am to dallastigers
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Good. It’s not helping as the head start just gets wasted in too many public education school districts that are too focused on lowering standards for some, vilifying white males, and grooming kids into becoming alphabets instead of actually educating our kids properly.
Depending on your area Head Start is actually administered by local government instead of the school district.
I know this is the case in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, not sure if this is state or region specific.
Now PreK is administered in the public schools.
Instead of going after Head Start how about cutting all the government programs that prioritize funding for immigrants or children of immigrants who get additional funding and subsidies like free uniforms through a program called McKinney Vento. In some districts, they actually try to recruit students for these programs so they can get extra federal funding for each student. Some even have an administrator managing the program. Not sure how much the feds give per student, but to have someone or a group of teachers making close to 60k a year for a few hundred thousand a year doesn’t make economic sense unless the payback is much higher.
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