The Administration for Children and Families and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted the Bucks County ...

Oregon's Social Learning Center is helping new Kindergarten students transiton into a school environment.Kids in Transition ...

Head Start helps provide preschool and child care for roughly 800,000 children. ... Studies find that the programs boost kids’ health and school readiness, ...

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 ...

The program promotes school readiness for young children in low-income families. Between 2021 and 2022, Head Start served just over 800,000 children and pregnant women.

This is the true legacy of Head Start — not merely improved test scores or school readiness, but transformed lives and communities. Stephanie V. McKee-Anderson ...

Throughout Head Start’s history, administrations interpreted “school readiness” differently across party lines. Whether it was meant to improve social-emotional behavior or generate boosts in child IQ ...