WA Head Start staff locked out and let go due to Trump cuts
The Seattle Office of Head Start has been closed and all employees there have been placed on leave and notified they’ll be terminated, part of a massive wave of layoffs at the U.S. Department of ...
Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems
The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office.Trump's administration announced it would ...
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5 years after COVID: How the pandemic turned Michigan parents into school activists
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered schools closed. Parents look back at how the pandemic spurred many into action, newly involving ...
Don’t count kindergarten out. Here is why
Early childhood education, especially kindergarten, is crucial for developing literacy skills and a positive attitude towards ...
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‘All new to everyone’: Parents recall navigating COVID school shutdown five years ago
Five years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close, parents and guardians found themselves at home with their ...
Four Head Start programs to close in May, affecting over 300 children and staff
The YMCA of Greater Kansas City will shut down four Head Start centers in May, impacting 301 children and dozens of staff.
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Martha’s Vineyard woman arraigned on child abuse charges after children left alone in car, prosecutors say
A Martha’s Vineyard woman is facing charges after allegedly leaving two children alone in a car for about three hours until one of the children, a 3-year-old boy, “turned blue” and passed ...
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Mom accused of leaving 4 young children home alone during severe storms
Crystal Ray is accused of leaving her four children, ages 8, 5, 3 and 8 months, unsupervised in a St. Ann home during the severe weather. Charging documents state that the children were upset and ...