Few want to get rid of the program, which benefits young children from poor families, but potential fraud should be investigated.

Even though the government has reopened, Head Start early learning programs across the U.S. are still not fully up and running. While most classrooms are open, 140 Head Start programs — some comprising multiple learning centers — are still without ...

A newly proposed federal rule would roll back regulations for Head Start programs nationally.

As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools.