Trump is right about the Department of Education but wrong about Head Start

Conservatives are right to want to rein — or even eliminate — a Department of Education they describe as bloated, ideological and ineffective. However, that battle plays out, eliminating Head Start along with it would be a costly mistake. Head Start sits in the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plan proposes scrapping the entire program, calling Head Start “fraught with scandal and abuse” and dismissing it as offering “little or no long-term academic value.” That’s not just wrong ...