Meanwhile, as Bryce Covert reported this week, Trump is about to harm Head Start by proposing a rule that would exclude immigrant children, de-standardize the way the program is deployed across states and counties, and eliminate existing rules for child-teacher ratios.

Historically, Head Start has been a life-changing program. But Covert writes: “Head Start teachers work with some of the nation’s most vulnerable children and report that since the pandemic children have presented with such significant needs that they struggle to serve children under the program’s existing ratios.” In other words, things are dire.

-Alana Pockros

Associate Editor, The Nation