A proposed rule to undo a federal Head Start regulation that requires providers to align teacher wages with public preschool teacher salaries drew public comments from many calling for more federal ...

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Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck helps a little girl draw a rainbow with crayons. Nearby ...

Hundreds of thousands of low-income children across the country who rely on Head Start for meals, health screenings and early learning will feel the pain of the government shutdown. The early ...

The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce ...

A new Biden administration rule meant to raise the wages of teachers in the federal Head Start preschool program could force local programs to scale back if Congress doesn't agree to increase funding.

A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children. These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could ...