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Trump Wants to Gut Head Start. He’s Already Begun
More than 800,000 students would lose access to early childhood education if Trump's draft budget proposal is enacted.
I was a low-income student who attended Head Start. I'm now an educator with a master's degree and owe all my success to the federal program.
Head Start, a federally funded program for low-income students, is shuttering some regional offices. The program was ...
Trump budget to cut Head Start funding 'extraordinarily damaging' to Kansas
President Donald Trump's budget plan would eliminate federal funding for Head Start. The Kansas program would lose over $90 ...
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Heartland Head Start 'shocked' by proposed funding elimination but still hopeful
Heartland Head Start interim executive director Chuck Hartseil said it’s not clear what options they would have to sustain ...
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Missoulians rally for Head Start amid defunding proposal
More than 30 protesters in support of Head Start welcomed drivers into Missoula Thursday morning.People lined the end of ...
How would Head Start’s elimination impact Texas children and families?
Over 65,000 children in Texas could lose access to child care under a White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for ...
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Pennsylvania Head Start joins national HHS lawsuit
The Pennsylvania Head Start Association has joined parent advocates and Head Start programs from Illinois, Wisconsin and ...
Head Start cut would put Mississippi's new status as early education national leader at risk
During Friday's event, when asked how Head Start's elimination would affect Mississippi in particular, NIEER Senior Director ...