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

A coalition of Head Start groups has sued the Trump administration over what they say is an effort to dismantle the early childhood development program.

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

Head Start provides early education and comprehensive care for some of the country’s most vulnerable children ages 0 to 5—as well as support for families and expecting moms. The programs are built on ...

The program that serves about 22,000 children in Georgia. Advocates and families feared the White House would eliminate funding but a more recent budget left it intact.

In its six decades of existence, Head Start has experienced highs, such as the addition of Early Head Start in 1994, and lows, like the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic. Here are notable events from ...

Illinois Head Start officials reacted warily Wednesday to assurances from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the administration of President Donald Trump supports continued funding for ...

Head Start and Early Head Start significantly support the development of early childhood mental health (like social-emotional development), language. Cognitive development in children who attend ...

The program was launched 60 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson and serves hundreds of children in Marion and Polk counties.

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- Step Forward recently opened the Memphis Early Learning Center at 10991 Memphis Ave. in Brooklyn. The new ...

Jace was one of several toddlers Friday playing make believe, calculating animal shapes, coloring or pushing around a tiny bike in an Early Head Start classroom inside the Multicultural Child and ...