Despite Congress working through a spending deal to maintain federal grant funding for Head Start over the next six months, staff members at Head Start are starting to fear for the program’s future ...

Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey ...

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 ...

Bright morning sun is streaming through the windows of Sandra Dill's New Haven, Connecticut, home as she reads a picture book about penguins to a room full of busy toddlers. While listening, the kids ...

LOWELL — Head Start is on the federal shutdown chopping block, and a coalition of leaders addressed the dire situation during a press conference Monday calling for an end to the government shutdown ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Lucia Trujillo has worked in federally funded Head Start programs — designed to kickstart the learning and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. an image of young children playing with toys Photo: Getty Images At least some Head Start programs around North Carolina will ...

BE CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES COMING UP. 300 KIDS IN THE METRO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR EARLY EDUCATION SERVICE. A YMCA PROGRAM IS NOW SET TO CLOSE IN MAY AT FOUR METRO LOCATIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M LARA ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that its Head Start program will be closing due to a lack of federal funding impacting 446 children and their ...