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New spending deal preserves Head Start funding in the Bay Area, but staffers see trouble ahead

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As California preschoolers enjoy spring break, many Head Start providers say they're feeling some relief -- at least for the moment.

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hechingerreport.org

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Head Start is turning 60. Will the federal child care program make it to 61?

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Bright morning sun is streaming through her home’s windows as Sandra Dill reads a picture book about penguins to a room full of busy toddlers. While listening, the kids blow kisses, plop in a visitor’s lap, then get up to slide down a small slide.Dill has been running a family child care business from her home for 15 years, and every one of her 13 grandchildren has spent time here — currently it’s 20-month-old Nathaniel, who h…

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Leading and Learning, Thanks to Head Start

By Hon. Ashley Kearney I attended Head Start at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Ward 8 in Washington, D.C., and I am one of five children. There were many challenges: my mother was a recovering addict completing workforce development training and my father was re-engaging as a citizen after a time of incarceration. However, both of my parents were very active in my life and instilled the importance of education. They wanted my siblings and me …

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New spending deal preserves Head Start funding in the Bay Area, but staffers see trouble ahead

RICHMOND — As California preschoolers enjoy spring break, many Head Start providers say they’re feeling some relief — at least for the moment. A controversial spending deal ironed out by Congress will preserve federal grant funding for the program at last year’s levels for the next six months, and there are promising trends in places like Contra Costa County, where teacher vacancies are declining and student rosters are nearing capacity for the …

2 days ago·San Jose, United States

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