The Scott County Public School Head Start program has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Head Start is a federal program that promotes school ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Head Start and Early Head Start services programs at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit will continue, ...

The district will use the money to provide early education services to 255 children across 17 classrooms. It comes amid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Head Start critics oversimplify research to justify calls for ... and to introduce new program standards for Head Start centers through measures like the 2007 Head Start for School Readiness Act.

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.

Bucks County Intermediate Unit will be able to continue its Head Start and Early Head Start programs, after being awarded a ...

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 ...