Government shutdown could affect tens of thousands of kids in Chicago and Illinois Head Start programs

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on ...
WGCU Public Media

Redlands Christian Migrant Association has been serving children for 60 years

Members of a Mennonite church were deeply troubled by this harsh reality, and so in 1965 they created the Redlands Christian ...
WHYY

Arts programs help kids learn. A researcher dug into the ‘how’ at one Philadelphia school

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

Illinois Head Start teams with children’s museums ‘to bring light back to our program’

She’s only 3 years old, but that didn’t stop Sofia Quiroz from enjoying a day out after traveling from Chicago Heights to the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The free visit was ...
The Hechinger Report

State preschool program helps kids catch up — but many are missing out

In Union City, N.J., children at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education sit with their teacher for a read-along. The full-day preschool, which operates during the school year, is ...