Head Start has been celebrating 60 years of supporting low-income families and providing young children with the tools to ...

Head Start and Early Head Start in Central Texas offer free early education, hands-on gardening and family support services ...

Donald Trump's federal budget proposal did not include cuts to Head Start, but supporters of the early education program are concerned its funding could be cut during budget negotiations.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York sounded the alarm that the Trump administration was planning to eliminate Head Start ...

Jace was one of several toddlers Friday playing make believe, calculating animal shapes, coloring or pushing around a tiny ...

New America’s Education Policy program highlights the major education programs included in President Trump’s skinny budget.

Perhaps the most controversial part of the bill is that it would reduce per-pupil funding for these non-classroom based ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's 2026 budget plan would slash non-defense domestic spending by $163 billion while ...

“For me, it’s very hard to believe if they haven’t come in and spent time in a Head Start classroom, why they would think that we are not doing a fantastic job.” If the program were to ...

More than 25,000 children in Oregon and Washington will lose the child care and early education their families rely on if the Trump administration continues its attempts to dismantle Head Start ...

A teacher helps a child with an art project in a rural Head Start classroom. Half of Head Start slots are in rural areas. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a national ...

Every day, San Luis Obispo County resident Darien Lohof drops his three-year-old twins Lucas and Miranda off for daycare at Nipomo’s Head Start classroom before setting out for his workday.