CHICAGO (WLS) -- For years, preschoolers at Building Blocks Learning Academy in Englewood have learned, through Earth Day activities, to invest in their environment. But the owner of the school says ...

Local Head Start sites that provide early childhood education, child care and other services are ramping up for the start of a new school year on Aug. 18 despite uncertainty over possible federal ...

While America argues over elite universities and diversity programs, a quieter crisis is unfolding—one that threatens the very foundation of educational equity in this country. The Trump ...

The Trump administration is considering eliminating funding for the Head Start program, which is dedicated to free early child care services — a move that one advocate says would be "catastrophic." ...

(This story has been updated with details on the federal government shutdown's potential end.) Funding for Escambia County’s Head Start program is facing some uncertainty due to the federal government ...

The government shutdown is threatening Head Start programs in Georgia, putting 6,500 children in the programs at risk of losing federal funding. A year’s worth of funding was supposed to start Nov. 1.

Head Start could face further disruptions in November if the government is not reopened, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The federally funded program provides early childhood ...

Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were relieved when President Donald Trump did not include funding cuts to the ...

Thirty first-year students got a head start on college life this fall through a new program at the University of Pittsburgh ...

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CLEMSON — Pickens County resident Carl Telford estimates one-half to two-thirds of his income would go to his son's care during the day if it weren't for Head Start — the federal, tuition-free ...