Proposed Trump administration changes would gut vital Head Start regulations
ADVERTISEMENT National Grid is strengthening its systems and preparing crews for winter weather to help deliver safe, reliable energy communities depend on. Sponsored by The Boston Foundation The Best of CommonWealth Beacon OPINION Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a 2021 visit to a Head Start program in Taunton. (Photo via Wikimedia/Creative Commons) Proposed Trump administration changes would gut vital Head Start regulations October 4, 2026 By Michelle Haimowitz ADVERTISEMENT In the spring of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson announced the launch of a new initiative: Head Start , a program designed to support poor children’s readiness for kindergarten by not only offering them time in classrooms but by addressing their health and well-being and partnering with their families to improve their circumstances. Our nation responded to that vision. Just a few months later, communities across our Commonwealth and across the country welcomed children into Head Start centers. Sixty-one years...