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Since its inception, Head Start has enrolled over 21 millionchildren at a cost of over $66 billion, but there is littleevidence of long-term impact, and poor children enter kindergartena step behind their middle-class peers and never catch up. Congressshould focus on improving Head Start programs by enacting higherstandards, requiring stronger accountability, and spurringinnovation.
In Ohio, less than one-third of children in poverty are enrolled in Head Start programs, a national study found, and more investment is needed for the programs to succeed.