When I was a kid, I joined the Head Start program as a low-income student. The federally funded program offered me a safe place to learn and socialize. I'm forever grateful for my time in Head Start.

I am a farmer’s daughter who grew up going to Head Start. At age 4, I got to ride the “little bus” to my Head Start classroom and eventually went off to kindergarten with a deep love for learning and ...

Toddlers play at a Head Start-supported family daycare in New Haven, Connecticut. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

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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 ...

CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE. AN INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T INCLUDE CUTS TO HEAD START, SOMETHING PROGRAMS HAVE FEARED FOR WEEKS. AFTER SEVERAL REPORTS THAT THEY WOULD BE ...

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 ...

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 ...