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EDUCATION REPORT -April 18, 2002: Head Start Proposal


By Jerilyn Watson
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.


President Bush has proposed a measure to improve teaching in the Head Start program for young children from
poor families. The president wants all fifty-thousand Head Start teachers trained to prepare children for reading.


About nine -hundred-thousand children in the United States attend Head Start. A major goal is to help children
gain the skills they need to succeed in school. Children in the program are from three to five years old. There is
also an Early Head Start program for babies and pregnant 1 women.



Each year in the United States, millions of children ages five or six start school for
the first time. Many of these children attended some kind of pre-school or nursery
school to prepare them for school.


However, parents who do not earn much money cannot pay for their
children to attend nursery schools. Some of these parents may not be
able to read books to their children or teach them things at home. Their
children may have health or emotional problems. Studies have shown


that many children from low -income families often do poorly in school.



Head Start
To try to solve this problem, the government began the Head Start program in Nineteen-Sixty-Five. logo
The purpose of the program is to give children from low-income families a “head start”
so they can begin
school on equal terms with other children.


There are four major parts of Head Start. The first is education. Children in Head Start classes learn words and
numbers. They learn about history and science. They learn to express their feelings. And they learn how to play
with others.


The second part of Head Start is health. Every child receives health care. The children eat one or two healthy
meals a day at their Head Start school.


The third part of Head Start is the involvement of parents. Parents learn about educational activities they can do
at home. Head Start teachers visit parents to talk about their child’s progress and any problems. Many parents
work as assistants to teachers in the program.



The fourth part of Head Start is social services. Head start provides information to help
families deal with problems like homelessness, unemployment, and alcohol or drug
dependence 2.


Studies have shown that Head Start children perform equal to or better than other
children when they enter school.


This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson.



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1 pregnant
adj.怀孕的,怀胎的
  • She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
  • She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。
2 dependence
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属
  • Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
  • He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
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