The Looming UPK Train Wreck

The Post's editorial page is right to notice the startling unanimity surrounding the current  Head Start Renewal, but misguided to think that it will "help fuel the movement for states to expand and enhance education in childhood's critical early years." 

Just the opposite.  Congress' inability to make substantive changes to the program (ie, requiring higher teacher qualifications) and Presidential candidates' refusal to address Head Start reform even as they're promoting universal preschool are not good signs for those who want high-quality, well-coordinated early childhood education.