Early childhood educators with the federal Head Start program nationwide are experiencing a fresh round of funding delays and administrative headaches, with some providers left with no option but to ...

Conservatives are right to want to rein — or even eliminate — a Department of Education they describe as bloated, ideological and ineffective. However, that battle plays out, eliminating Head Start ...

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Child Care Associates is resuming Head Start programming. The federal government confirmed June 30 grant funding for the upcoming school year — a move that also allows Tarrant County’s largest early ...

Expertise and opinions of authors published by ForbesBooks. Imprint operated under license. Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and ...

A teacher helps a child with an art project in a rural Head Start classroom. Half of Head Start slots are in rural areas. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

BRIDGEPORT — U.S. Rep. Jim Himes pledged to work to protect Head Start programs across Connecticut from federal funding cuts during a visit Thursday to a classroom in downtown Bridgeport. Himes said ...

Head Start is a program that supports children from birth to age 5 with education and health services. Head Start was founded by Lyndon B. Johnson as a part of the war on poverty. The White House's ...