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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 ...
How would Head Start’s elimination impact Texas children and families?
Over 65,000 children in Texas could lose access to child care under a White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for ...
With Head Start on Trump's chopping block, parents warn of impact on kids
President Donald Trump plans to axe the early childhood day care and preschool program as he reduces the size of federal ...
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 ...
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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 ...