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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Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for babies and small children ...

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate funding for Head Start, a move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation’s neediest children and child care for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RADFORD, Va. – The Head Start program has been in the New River Valley for 60 years. “If she did not have this year in Head Start, I don’t think she would be ready for kindergarten,” said Tiffany ...