Head Start is celebrating its 60th year, but the program has faced funding disruptions, a federal government shutdown and ...

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 ...

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...

The Escambia Children's Trust has stepped up to help CAPC's Head Start program retain qualified teachers and other staff with a $1.1 million grant.

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 ...

As the Trump administration weighs wiping out funding for Head Start, one question looms large in debates over the program’s future: Does it work? A draft of President Donald Trump’s pending budget ...

WATSONVILLE — Following Encompass Community Services‘ recent partnership with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District to open a handful of early education classrooms while Head Start programs are ...