Trump administration unveils major Head Start overhaul - POLITICO

“After trying and failing to defund it altogether, Trump is putting the program to the torch by rolling back federal standards that ensure Head Start be high quality,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor earlier this week. 

And Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee who has long been supportive of Head Start, said removing regulations could increase class sizes and lead to fewer services. 

"[I]f this administration later points to struggling students as proof Head Start does not work, we should all understand what this is – a self-inflicted wound used to justify another round of cuts,” DeLauro said in a statement Wednesday…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/06/trump-administration-unveils-major-head-start-overhaul-01026696

 

Trump's Education Budget Will Undermine Teaching and Schools

Though much has been written about President Trump’s proposed budget cuts, little has been said about how his largest proposed cut to public schools, the total elimination of $2.4 billion in Title IIA funds, would likely increase class size across the nation.

Most schools have already have seen sharp increases in class size since the great recession. While the number of public K-12 teachers and other school staff fell by 221,000 since 2008, the number of students increased by 1,120,000. In NY state, the total number of teachers in New York state public schools plunged by about 26,000 between 2008-2015, according to NYSED statistics. In New York City, this has resulted in sharp increases in class size, with Kindergarten through 3rd grade classes larger than they were in 1999; in grades 4-8, larger than in 2004. This year, more than 300,000 NYC students are crammed into classes of 30 or more....
http://www.alternet.org/education/trumps-proposed-education-budget-cuts-will-increase-class-size-nationwide