Last week, news broke that the Trump administration intends to propose zeroing out Head Start in the upcoming budget. While many people’s immediate concern is rightfully for the hundreds of thousands of children and families whose lives would be upended, attacks on programs that exclusively serve low-income Americans are a popular tactic because that population votes at low rates.

In this case, however, the administration has picked an atrocious target: even setting the immorality of causing so much harm aside, you benefit from Head Start programs whether or not you or anyone you know has ever stepped foot in one.

Head Start (and its companion program for children below the age of three, Early Head Start) has enjoyed bipartisan support for almost 60 years and serves multiple functions: sites provide important opportunities for child development, offer........

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