Even Start Media Coverage

Sample media coverage across the nation for saving Even Start

National Even Start Association Ceases Operations
Education Daily, January 2009
The disbanding of the National Even Start Association calls attention to the struggles of Even Start since it received an ineffective rating from the Office of Management and Budget in 2002. The article questions whether Even Start should have been a separate program (making it susceptible to cuts), and calls upon the Goodling Institute and the National Center for Family Literacy to tow the line for future advocacy work.

William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program—Effective, Yet Misunderstood
National Council of LaRaza, 2007
From the National Council of LaRaza, this two page article / fact sheet tells us why Even Start is critical to Latino families, how it is being systematically cut and drastically eliminating services to thousands of Latino children and their parents. It also reveals why this is happening, proof that Even Start works, and recommendations for the future.

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