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I was a low-income student who attended Head Start. I'm now an educator with a master's degree and owe all my success to the federal program.
Head Start, a federally funded program for low-income students, is shuttering some regional offices. The program was ...
Head Start cut would put Mississippi's new status as early education national leader at risk
During Friday's event, when asked how Head Start's elimination would affect Mississippi in particular, NIEER Senior Director ...
ACLU sues to halt Trump administration attacks on Head Start child-care program
The ACLU sued on behalf of early childhood groups to stop the Trump administration from further disrupting Head Start ...
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Concerns over possible federal funding cuts for Head Start
Head Start programs across the nation and the families they serve are sitting in limbo right now as they wait to see if ...
Trump budget to cut Head Start funding 'extraordinarily damaging' to Kansas
President Donald Trump's budget plan would eliminate federal funding for Head Start. The Kansas program would lose over $90 ...
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Whitehall Head Start classroom to close in June, leaving parents in the lurch
The classroom will remain open until the end of the school year in June. The 13 Head Start positions will be transferred to a ...
Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address workforce shortage
The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce ...