EdSource

TK, Head Start, preschool and more: What’s the difference?

The Cruz family has experienced two sides of a prekindergarten journey: one that transitions from preschool into kindergarten and one that includes transitional kindergarten, or TK, before ...

Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests

New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does ...
Daily Inter Lake

Giving kids a Head Start: Program that supports learning and development faces challenges in its 60th year

Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...
Business Wire

Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc. Receives Grant to Put Local Children’s Books and Lesson Plans in Classrooms

BROOKVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Jefferson-Clarion Head Start, Inc., a 501(c)(3) announces that it has received a $5,000 grant from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania through its NiSource Foundation.
WBUR

Head Start teacher on working without pay during the government shutdown

Hundreds of thousands of low-income children across the country who rely on Head Start for meals, health screenings and early learning will feel the pain of the government shutdown. The early ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Head Start enrolling children for childcare services amid talk of federal budget cuts

Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...
NPR

These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there's a cost

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...
Time

America Already Knows How to Address Child Poverty

The U.S. child poverty rate more than doubled from 2021 to 2022. This was a policy choice. The U.S. Census Bureau found that child poverty rapidly dropped between 2020 and 2021 because of the American ...
WHYY

Head Start escapes elimination in 2026 proposed budget from Trump administration

File - A student participates in a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program at the Easterseals South Florida organization, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ...
Education Week

Head Start Teachers Will Earn More—But Programs Might Have to Serve Fewer Kids

Wages for educators in the federal Head Start program for preschool-age children from low-income families will rise in the coming years, thanks to a new federal rule finalized last week. The boost ...
WDAM on MSN

Special guests visit C.H. Johnson Head Start ahead of the Holidays

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - To celebrate the holiday season, C.H. Johnson Head Start in Petal invited two special guests, including ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Inside Chicago homes, Head Start for the tiniest learners at risk as Trump’s budget takes shape

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