Head Start Programs

Our Sacred Obligation

Sen. Bob Casey | Posted 04.08.2012

Sen. Bob Casey

Children who learn more today earn more tomorrow, and the earlier children are exposed to quality learning opportunities, the better off they are.

Kids Missing From State of the Union

Billy Shore | Posted 03.31.2012

Billy Shore

One of the president's principal themes was the need to address income inequality, but Obama missed an opportunity to tell the nation not only what it wants to know, but what it needs to know.

It's Got To Come Down To Cases, Not Rhetoric

Jared Bernstein | Posted 02.25.2012

Jared Bernstein

Mitt's "will the United States be an entitlement society or an opportunity society?" is vapid and misleading. Not just a false choice, but an illogical one, like saying "we must decide whether to grow food or eat food."

9 States Win Race To The Top Early Learning Grant

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 02.15.2012

WASHINGTON — Nine states won a collective $500 million Friday from the federal government to help make pre-K and other early learning programs m...

Head Start: Making a Good Thing Better

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes | Posted 11.14.2011

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes

Head Start children need and deserve the most effective early education program possible. We are taking aggressive steps every day to meet our commitments to them.