This March, Mary Ellen Lykins, a director of 10 Head Start centers serving around 200 kids in northwest Washington, submitted ...

Johnson’s War on Poverty, Head Start was D.E.I. avant la lettre—the equity mission is right there in the name—and yet, ...

Several Senate Republicans expressed wariness to USA TODAY about any deregulation of the decadesold, bipartisan program.

Head Start classrooms in Kentucky could see lower staff-to-student ratios and other changes if a Trump administration ...

Research shows that the federal Head Start early childhood education program boosts graduation rates and strengthens families — so why is it being dismantled?

Head Start, a 61-year-old program designed to prepare children from low-income families for their entry into the public-education system, is under vicious attack by President Trump and the Republican ...