Malaya Peterkin and other preschoolers sat in bright blue chairs around a table on a recent afternoon, listening raptly to teacher Rachel Cepeda read a book about butterflies. Afterward, the children ...

A $12.6 million federal grant is helping expand the early childhood program Head Start in Howard County. The Community Action Council of Howard County, the county's Head Start program provider, ...

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 ...

When Lucy learned she could enroll Marcy in a free pre-K Head Start classroom at her neighborhood elementary school in North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 65,000 Head Start children and their families are at risk of losing access to critical services if the ongoing federal ...

School readiness program prepares young children for kindergarten Children from over 13,500 Escambia County families have been enrolled in Head Start since 1965 Families are also connected with ...

Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal government shutdown extends past Nov. 1. About 134 programs across 41 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A federal funding freeze could shut down early learning programs serving 294 children in Scott, Clinton and Muscatine counties by Oct. 31. The Family Enrichment Center in ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on federal funding are feeling the ripple effects and bracing for potential ...