College-in-high school programs offer ‘head start’ to aspiring educators

When aspiring teacher Ainsley Martin enrolls at Pitt-Greensburg in the fall, she will have six education credits under her ...
Altoona Mirror

Students get head start at teaching with program

EBENSBURG — A new program at the Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School housed in the Central Cambria High School will give incoming high school juniors and seniors a significant head start in ...
The Hechinger Report

Rural Americans rely on Head Start. Federal turmoil has them worried

Head Start teacher Sasha Fair helps two preschool children with a science experiment. Fair is worried about potential cuts to Head Start and social services that her students rely on. Credit: Jackie ...
Sacramento Bee

Full-day Head Start preschool program expands income eligibility. Does your family qualify?

Each day after outside play time, preschool teacher Dometila Casillas sits her classroom of 3- to 5-year-olds down on a rug to read a story together. Wednesday, she read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” ...
Pensacola News Journal

Head Start program changing trajectory of children's lives. Why is funding it so hard?

School readiness program prepares young children for kindergarten Children from over 13,500 Escambia County families have been enrolled in Head Start since 1965 Families are also connected with ...
EdSurge

Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Along the Canadian border in north central Washington’s Okanogan County, where the closest major city is at least 100 miles away and infrastructure is sparse, the Okanogan County Child Development ...