Head Start opens a door for millions of young Michiganders. Don’t close it.

By: Leonard Burton

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 891

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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In 1969, when I was just four years old, my parents enrolled me in Head Start at Annunciation Catholic Church on Detroit’s East Side. The teachers there fed me lunch, cared for me, and sparked a love of learning that catapulted me into kindergarten and well beyond. And because that free, federally-funded program existed, my mother and father could both go to work, knowing their youngest child was in good hands.

My time in Head …

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