NPR

These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there's a cost

Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...
Education Week

Head Start Teachers Will Earn More—But Programs Might Have to Serve Fewer Kids

Wages for educators in the federal Head Start program for preschool-age children from low-income families will rise in the coming years, thanks to a new federal rule finalized last week. The boost ...
Forbes

The Transformative Impact Of Early Head Start On Student Education

Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to holistically nurture the educational, health, and socio-emotional welfare of children from low-income backgrounds. These programs are the ...
Daily Inter Lake

Giving kids a Head Start: Program that supports learning and development faces challenges in its 60th year

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

Students get head start at teaching with program

EBENSBURG — A new program at the Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School housed in the Central Cambria High School will give incoming high school juniors and seniors a significant head start in ...
The Hechinger Report

Rural Americans rely on Head Start. Federal turmoil has them worried

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 Hechinger Report

In 2024, Head Start programs are still funded by a formula set in the 1970s

Arabella Miera, an assistant teacher at an Early Head Start program in Pueblo, Colorado, plays with children in this photo from 2021. Head Start programs are funded using an outdated formula that ...
EdSource

Head Start allies wait, worry about possible funding cuts

Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were relieved when President Donald Trump did not include funding cuts to the ...
Education Week

The Trump Administration Is Sabotaging Head Start

While America argues over elite universities and diversity programs, a quieter crisis is unfolding—one that threatens the very foundation of educational equity in this country. The Trump ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Head Start helps Mississippi kids. A new Trump budget might strip all funds. What to know

The Trump administration's proposed 2026 budget could eliminate Head Start funding, impacting 800,000 children nationwide. In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers.
PBS

A Head Start in Teaching in Los Angeles County

Former Head Start parents are stepping up to become early childhood educators. Former Head Start parents are stepping up to become early childhood educators.