Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were relieved when President Donald Trump did not include funding cuts to the ...

Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and socio-emotional welfare of children from low-income backgrounds. These programs are the ...

The funding and overall future of Head Start — which helps low-income families with child development and family support services — has been in the headlines for the better half of the year because of ...

Arabella Miera, an assistant teacher at an Early Head Start program in Pueblo, Colorado, plays with children in this photo from 2021. Head Start programs are funded using an outdated formula that ...

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Flags line a street in Troy, Ohio. Families in small towns and rural areas are particularly reliant on Head Start, the free federal child care program, but recent turmoil in the program has them ...

Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...

While America argues over elite universities and diversity programs, a quieter crisis is unfolding—one that threatens the very foundation of educational equity in this country. The Trump ...

(AP) - Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the National Head Start Association. Head ...

Head Start could face further disruptions in November if the government is not reopened, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The federally funded program provides early childhood ...

In a major move affecting early childhood education, the school board approved lease agreements for five Head Start ...