In 1969, when I was just four years old, my parents enrolled me in Head Start at Annunciation Catholic Church on Detroit’s East Side. The teachers there fed me lunch, cared for me, and sparked a love ...

After a new federal proposal was released earlier this summer that threatened Head Start programs in New York and across the country, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer rallied Monday, Sept. 21 against the ...

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and several Head Start program directors warned on Monday that proposed federal regulations to overhaul the program could lead to significant job losses and ...

Congress annually allocates more than $12 billion a year for Head Start. While annual funding has lagged inflation in recent ...

(AP) - Five regional offices for Head Start were closed Tuesday as part of a workforce reduction at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the National Head Start Association. Head ...

A proposed rule would strip out some 1,400 Head Start standards, hand class ratios to the states and mandate English-only ...

The Trump administration’s plan to loosen regulation on Head Start is getting praise from conservatives, but the program’s backers are ready for a legal fight.

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth. By Coral Davenport The Trump ...

Supporters of Head Start are worried about the program’s future as it faces Trump administration calls for budgetary cuts ahead of the next school year. The free, federally funded program for ...