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What’s Behind Leftist Opposition to Cost-Cutting Education Reform?

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services has received 13,000 comments on its rule to deregulate the federal low-income childcare program, Head Start, many of which bemoan the move to no longer set student-to-teacher ratios.

Early childhood education nonprofits have also criticized the decision to remove “evidenced-based student-teacher ratios.”

However, there is evidence that ratios raise costs, but no evidence that they improve student outcomes, according to a new brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at HHS.

“No single ratio or group size is uniformly viewed as necessary for quality care,” the brief says.

“Ratio choices carry direct cost implications: lower ratios may increase cost per child because the same staffing costs are spread across fewer children,” the brief continues.

In August, the Administration for Children and Families overhauled Head Start to include less regulation and lower administrative costs, while increasing the number of spots available. Created in 1965, the program serves low-income families by providing early education and health programs for pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool children.

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