WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Twenty students in a Head Start class at Dorothy B. Johnson Pre-K Center will transition to a classroom at the Peabody Center on North 6 th Street starting Monday after what is ...

For almost 60 years Head Start has provided education, health, mental health, nutrition and economic stability for our nation’s low-income children and their families.

The House of Representatives approved Head Start for another five years but shifted some of the program's control to the states. Margaret Warner discusses the bill with Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio ...

Melissa Ruiz with her children Gabriel, 3, left, and Milani, 4, at a Head Start center in Perth Amboy, N.J., where there are mandatory masking rules for teachers and children as young as 2.

While all 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in state-funded Pre-K will still attend half-day classes at Oldham County Preschool, the district is offering an all-day program for 3-year-old Head Start ...

Head Start Pre-K counseling chair and event Co-Organizer Jamie Dannels said these activities included children making volcanoes, learning about dinosaurs, ...

Now, with Head Start at risk of closure, Mississippi's pre-K success may start to trend downward. Mississippi relies heavily on federal funding for early education programs.

Outside of the Danville Primary School in Montour County, there is cause for celebration.. The Danville Head Start Pre-K program is ringing in 60 years of service to the community. The program ...

Tlingit & Haida’s Head Start pre-K program serves 10 communities in Southeast Alaska. Without state funding, they may have to reduce staff, cut spots or close classrooms altogether.

“Head Start is federally funded and Pre-K Counts is state funded,” Friend said. “Head Start serves more economically disadvantaged children, and their program runs 40 minutes longer each day.” ...

Tlingit & Haida’s Head Start pre-K program serves 10 communities in Southeast Alaska. Without state funding, they may have to reduce staff, cut spots or close classrooms altogether.