Editing Head Start (program) (section)

== Operations ==
While Head Start is a national program, the [[Early childhood education in the United States|implementation]] is up to individual states.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burger|first=K.|date=2012-04-03|title=A Social History of Ideas Pertaining to Childcare in France and in the United States|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shr144|journal=Journal of Social History|volume=45|issue=4|pages=1005–1025|doi=10.1093/jsh/shr144|issn=0022-4529}}</ref> Head Start programs typically operate independently from local school districts. Most often they are administered through local social-services agencies. Classes are generally small, with fewer than ten enrollees per adult staff member. Individual programs develop their own academic and social curricula, following federal performance standards.<ref name=nj14>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-dubious-promise-of-universal-preschool |title=The Dubious Promise of Universal Preschool > Publications > |publisher=National Affairs |date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2014-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408212309/http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-dubious-promise-of-universal-preschool |archive-date=2014-04-08 }}</ref>