Head Start plays a critical role in a child's development and learning ... Children facing poverty, homelessness, and other vulnerable situations often miss out on early education. Programs like Head ...

When President Trump was elected, early education advocates and families with Head Start-enrolled children feared what it ...

One of the standout aspects of Head Start programs is how they champion parental involvement. They don’t just stop at teaching the kids ... to step into leadership roles within the program ...

Head Start provides early childhood care for students living at or below the poverty line. Such services make it possible for ...

Head Start has been celebrating 60 years of supporting low-income families and providing young children with the tools to succeed, with the help of local leaders and educators like Jackie Bell and ...

She also came back to Head Start to work in various roles, from teacher to manager of several programs in the East Bay. She said her story is proof that Head Start works. The federal program was ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Parents and teachers continue to express their concerns about the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding for the Head Start program. Head Start ensures that lower ...

[Photo: Preserving the Federal Role in Advancing Educational ... on Trump’s plans to close the program, much less fought to unite Head Start teachers and educators nationally against the ...

For some Head Start employees, ties to the program run deep, with several parents of program participants stepping into teaching roles down the line. Nancy Sherrera, an associate teacher at the ...

In Georgia, Mindy Binderman, executive director of the Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, said Head Start programs are now experiencing delays because of an executive order requiring ...

“Until a funding bill is passed by Congress and signed by the president, we call on our community — and all who value the vital role of Head Start ... of this education program, I wouldn ...