The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is also selling off several unused or underused properites to help offset district ...

Now, with Head Start at risk of closure, Mississippi's pre-K success may start to trend downward. Mississippi relies heavily on federal funding for early education programs.

Outside of the Danville Primary School in Montour County, there is cause for celebration.. The Danville Head Start Pre-K program is ringing in 60 years of service to the community. The program ...

Head Start Pre-K counseling chair and event Co-Organizer Jamie Dannels said these activities included children making volcanoes, learning about dinosaurs, ...

Head Start programs receive grant payments directly from the federal government. On Jan. 27, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo freezing a significant amount of federal funding.

“Head Start is federally funded and Pre-K Counts is state funded,” Friend said. “Head Start serves more economically disadvantaged children, and their program runs 40 minutes longer each day.” ...

The Danville Head Start Pre-K program is ringing in 60 years of service to the community. The program began in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty and came up with Head ...

In study after study, pre-K programs like Head Start have proven to be invaluable in helping level the playing field for kids that, for whatever reason, don’t have the kind of access to pre ...

Some providers of pre-K and child care have waited more than a week for federal reimbursements that typically ... Dozens of Head Start Programs Still Aren’t Receiving Promised Federal Funds.

Just because something is “feel-good” doesn’t mean it actually does good. Ending Head Start Could Help Families The Trump administration’s initial moves to reduce or eliminate funding for ...

Advocates say closing Head Start would have a detrimental impact on children and force scores of parents to leave the workforce by Laura Tillman April 15, 2025 @ 5:00 am Updated April 16, 2025 @ 1 ...