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

We take a look back at the highs and lows of the federal preschool program’s 60 years of serving young children from ...

Illinois Head Start officials reacted warily to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assurances that the administration supports continued funding for the program.

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 ... up to 5 years old.

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

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

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 ... months. There would also be staffing cuts and ...

Thanks to a relentless onslaught of pleading, cajoling, lobbying and public pressure, Head Start appears to have dodged the federal budget axe -- for the time being. Last month, President Donald ...

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.

The protest comes as the Trump administration is exploring ways to incentivize women to have children but has threatened to ...