Head Start is one of many preschool programs available to children under 5 in the county, and one of the most desirable because it offers a full day — six and half hours — of instruction.

Head Start programs almost universally struggle with instruction. ... year-old girl in the street outside the building less than 15 minutes after she wandered out of her Head Start classroom, ...

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.

The Rock Island-Milan School District’s Head Start program has been awarded a $3,277,131 grant from the Department of Health ...

WATERLOO -- A drive to better prepare Head Start students academically has propelled the program into a growing number of school-based classrooms during the last three years.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Hanover County Public Schools is requesting a reduction in preschool enrollment based on an increase of students in its Head Start program. According to a May 13 ...

Whitehall’s Head Start classroom will close in June after two groups’ vote, losing the rural town 13 child care slots. “We knew what was going to happen,” Head Start parent Sadie Gooch ...

This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. In its six decades of existence, Head Start has experienced ...

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 ...

The walls of Nneoma Anumadu's new Head Start classroom is decorated with drawings made by students whose names are taped to the carpet at the front of the class. A list on the wall lays out when ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Hanover County Public Schools is requesting a reduction in preschool enrollment based on an increase of students in its Head Start program. According to a May 13 ...

Whitehall’s Head Start classroom will close in June after two groups’ vote, losing the rural town 13 child care slots. “We knew what was going to happen,” Head Start parent Sadie Gooch ...