Head Start is a program that supports children from birth to age 5 with education and health services. Head Start was founded by Lyndon B. Johnson as a part of the war on poverty. The White House's ...

There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

Children recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a federally-funded Head Start school in Woodbourne, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 2012. Children recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a federally-funded Head Start ...

Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61. Bright morning sun is streaming through the windows of Sandra Dill's New Haven, Connecticut, home as she reads a picture ...