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Trump’s Dismantling of Head Start Program Challenged in Suit (1)
The Trump Administration is unlawfully dismantling through layoffs and office closures the Head Start program that provides ...
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Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures
Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared ...
Education Week2d
Trump Wants to Gut Head Start. He’s Already Begun
More than 800,000 students would lose access to early childhood education if Trump's draft budget proposal is enacted.
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Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Blast Trump Administration’s Attacks On Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding And Reverse Firings
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator ...
N.J. Head Start programs navigate uncertainty after regional office closures
New Jersey is part of Head Start Region 2, which also serves New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The closest ...
Wisconsin Head Start programs facing 50% drop in federal funding, possible closures
Wisconsin Head Start programs, which provide early childhood education, may face closures amid funding cuts by the Trump ...
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Peters joins colleagues in demanding answers over closure of Michigan’s regional head start office
U.S. Senator Gary Peters joined a group of his Senate colleagues in demanding answers about the closure of five regional Head ...
I was a Head Start kid. I’m devastated by Trump’s attempts to gut it
I was inconsolable that day in May of 1967. A 5-year-old me boarded the yellow school bus as I had done all year, but the ...