Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first teacher and assists families in achieving their goals for education, employment, and housing by providing links to other community ...

This is the true legacy of Head Start — not merely improved test scores or school readiness, but transformed lives and communities. Stephanie V. McKee-Anderson Stephanie V. McKee-Anderson is a ...

Early Head Start, currently provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children in low-income families. Studies find that the programs boost kids’ health and school readiness ...