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 Head Start programs are funded using an outdated formula that ...

Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is considering eliminating funding for the Head Start program, which is dedicated to free early child care services — a move that one advocate says would be "catastrophic." ...

Project 2025, a conservative coalition's plan for a future U.S. Republican presidency, proposes eliminating the federal Head Start education program. "Project 2025 cuts the Head Start program," one X ...

New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

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

Even though the government has reopened, Head Start early learning programs across the U.S. are still not fully up and running. While most classrooms are open, 140 Head Start programs — some ...

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 ...