There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

Head Start has faced a series of disruptions since Trump took office in January. The lawsuit alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services has taken measures to dismantle Head Start without ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

Head Start was founded 60 years ago to help America’s poorest families break the cycle of poverty. Now, it’s one of many federal programs that the Trump administration wants to reduce or cut ...

When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...

A 2026 study by Qualtrics found that about 22% of Americans plan to take out a loan to pay their tax bill, while another 22% say they won’t be able to pay it on time. In fact, IRS data estimates ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...