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Proven success rates in school, healthier behaviors and positive actions are what programs like Head Start deliver. What is there to critique? Cornelia Grumman defends the Head Start program in The Christian Science Monitor.

CHICAGO – The First Five Years Fund today praised administration officials for committing $500 million to improve education outcomes for America’s youngest and most vulnerable children.

At a critical time for early learning investments nationwide, FFYF is airing a video on a Jumbotron in NYC’s Times Square about how smart investments in our youngest children build better educational outcomes and a stronger economy.

Head Start is impacting the lives of so many Americans like the Head Start graduates of Spring Creek Elementary in Bonita Springs. 

FFYF.org arms advocates and policymakers with up-to-date data, tools, and analysis to support effective investments in early childhood education

We applaud President Obama for demonstrating his vision for investing in early learning in the FY 2012 budget. It’s a sharp contrast from Friday’s CR from the House of Representatives which proposed slashing money for early learning.

U.S. Department of Education's new online “dashboard” includes data on 3- and 4-year-olds.

Ed Week story highlights Nobel-laureate economist James Heckman argument that the social habits and "soft skills" children learn through early childhood education last for a lifetime.

FFYF launches “Our Head Start,” a campaign to educate policymakers, community leaders and the public about the critical role the Head Start program plays in shaping the lives of so many successful Americans.