Radical Ideology Directed at Infants and Young Children
In the 1960s as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” the Head Start Program started with a laudable goal: providing free early childhood education and other programs focused on children for families in need. Since its inception, the program has served 40 million children, and in recent years, there were 833,000 participants in fiscal year 2022 and 778,000 in fiscal year 2023.
However, FGI’s research shows the program has clearly departed from its original mission. It now appears to be overtaken with controversial, radical ideology. Our report shows that Head Start is in dire need of a restart. You can see the full report below.