Blanco's Support of Head Start Making a Difference for Louisiana Kids
From the Baton Rouge Advocate:
Improvements in public schools, juvenile justice and jobs will help the state shake its heritage of crippling poverty, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday. "This heritage we have to work with can be changed," Blanco told the annual meeting of the Louisiana Head Start Association. "We have to cure this issue of poverty. We can't just accept it."
Head Start has offered pre-school classes and other assistance for young children from poor families since 1965.
Blanco noted that she successfully pushed for a $20 million addition to the state's classes for 4-year-olds -- LA4 -- amid countless studies that show learning gains for students from poor families who take part.
"That is why I am such a strong proponent of LA4 and Head Start," she said...
