But researchers and Head Start advocates say relying on that study fails to recognize its limitations, ignores promising findings from other research, and doesn’t take into account more recent efforts to strengthen the program. A cheaper, more effective way forward would be to strengthen Head Startrather than ending it altogether, they said.

The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration cannot reduce or eliminate Head Start, because the program is funded by Congress.

SEATTLE, Wash.– Today, a coalition of parents and Head Start providers filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s coordinated