Head Start opens a door for millions of young Michiganders. Don’t close it.
An opinion piece highlights the personal impact of the federally-funded Head Start program in Detroit. The author advocates for the continued support of the early childhood education initiative.
In 1969, when I was just four years old, my parents enrolled me in Head Start at Annunciation Catholic Church on Detroit’s East Side. The teachers there fed me lunch, cared for me, and sparked a love of learning that catapulted me into kindergarten and well beyond. And because that free, federally-funded program existed, my […]
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