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Changing how families become eligible can keep them in the program. And that's important, because Head Start boosts not only ...

Whitehall’s Head Start classroom will close in June after two groups’ vote, losing the rural town 13 child care slots. “We knew what was going to happen,” Head Start parent Sadie Gooch said, “but it’s ...

I am a farmer’s daughter who grew up going to Head Start. At age 4, I got to ride the “little bus” to my Head Start classroom and eventually went off to kindergarten with a deep love for learning and ...

LAMAR, Mo. — Lamar’s Early Head Start Classroom is expanding it’s capacity to open more spots available for infants and toddlers. Changes in the Early Head Start program come after an assessment of ...

The walls of Nneoma Anumadu's new Head Start classroom is decorated with drawings made by students whose names are taped to the carpet at the front of the class. A list on the wall lays out when ...

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders this week introduced a bill to expand early child education for working-class families.