The main goal for the National Institute for Early Education Research is to provide information and research that will help professionals in the field with establishing high quality centers and programs for young children.
One issue that caught my attention was the article in the New York times about cuts that were made to Head Start Programs.
Cuts to Head Start show challenge of fiscal restraint
Date: Mar 10, 2011
Source: The New York Times
By: Jennifer Steinhauer
Head Start was chosen for large cuts in the House spending bill because members of the Appropriations Committee concluded that the program was getting too much money given what they felt was its effectiveness, and that too much of its financing had gone to administrative costs rather than new enrollment. In addition, a Government Accountability Office report last year found eight instances of fraud, in which families with too high an income were enrolled in the program. Further, they cited research questioning the program's effectiveness.
