A reported Trump administration draft could strip many federal Head Start preschool standards and let states decide key rules for quality and services.

I am a product of Head Start. Before I understood federal funding, program performance standards or the complicated systems that make Head Start possible, I understood what it meant to be a Head ...

It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.

Under state standards, metrics like adult-to-child ratios and accessibility would worsen, according to a Children’s Equity Project analysis.

The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children. The Trump administration ...

The Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the federal regulations that have defined Head Start for decades.

The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule would remove certain federal requirements governing the 61-year-old program.

A teacher who saw the program working firsthand in Wyandotte County warns that classrooms with too many students are ...

Neas: If Head Start’s performance standards disappear, children with disabilities lose the services, protections and pathways ...

Advocates say the plan offers "flexibility" without funding, and Arizona has no backup system if the safeguards disappear.

The proposed rule would also move away from many of Head Start’s existing expectations for curriculum, teacher development, ...