Shutdown imperils key education program for young children

Cash-strapped Head Start centers across the country are being forced to close their doors, with more expected to shutter as the shutdown continues.
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Organization will continue to provide its state-funded Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program

A Vancouver-based early learning nonprofit will temporarily close a center, furlough staff, close programs and reduce services by half due to the federal government shutdown.

Parents scramble as shutdown threatens early learning programs for thousands of Washington Kids

The Puget Sound Educational Service District has secured emergency funding to keep classrooms open through the end of ...

Head Start programs serving nearly 65,000 kids at risk of closing amid government shutdown

Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the ...

Dyslexia program giving students, teachers and school districts the tools to learn well

Scottish Rite for Children's Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia & Learning Disorders does everything from diagnosis to research ...

Nearly 65,000 kids could lose access to Head Start programs if the government shutdown continues

Head Start programs nationwide risk closure amid the government shutdown impacting nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 ...

Head Start education program in jaws of US government shutdown

Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on ...

Illinois Head Start teams with children’s museums ‘to bring light back to our program’

She’s only 3 years old, but that didn’t stop Sofia Quiroz from enjoying a day out after traveling from Chicago Heights to the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The free visit was ...