But researchers and Head Start advocates say relying on that study fails to recognize its limitations, ignores promising findings from other research, and doesn’t take into account more recent efforts ...

Head Start provides early education and comprehensive care for some of the country’s most vulnerable children —as well as support for families and expecting moms. But it provides far more than just ...

When an early draft of President Trump's budget proposal threatened to defund the Head Start program that helps support nearly 800,000 children and their families nationwide, advocates like ...

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

Head Start preschool programs for low-income U.S. children are scrambling to cope with funding cuts and delays, as they feel ...

Due to uncertainty regarding federal Head Start funding, a Waukesha Head Start provider is considering other funding ...

For 60 years, this program has lifted up generations of children and working parents, demonstrating how public investment in ...

(Regular Head Start serves children 3 to 5 years old; Early Head Start is for those under 3.) The program—which began right here in New Haven—is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year ...

MANKATO — Head Start parent and family advocate Mari Blesi has two kids enrolled in the program that offers preschool services primarily to low-income families. But her journey with the ...

Samantha Casto, a preschool teacher at Ravenswood Head Start in Jackson County, is making the outdoors her classroom this spring. Her 4- and 5-year-old students are learning about bug habitats and ...

(Anja Schlein / Special Contributor) Over 65,000 children in Texas could lose access to child care under a White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for the Head Start program, according ...