Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Head Start & Early Learning Programs (HS&ELP) marked 60 years of service ...

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 ...

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length. More than 100 Head Start programs are in danger ...

Head Start programs across the country were providing summer services to young children when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a surprise notice on July 10 saying that, effective ...

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line Four Head Start programs serving nearly 1,000 of California’s most vulnerable children will not receive ...

Many parents of students this new school year have questions about the statuses of federally funded after-school programs like Head Start. In Colorado's Jefferson County, the program isn't downsizing ...