Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C) is the approved non-federal entity that provides Early Head Start (EHS)/Head Start (HS) services.
Head Start promotes the school readiness of children from birth through age five through a holistic approach of health and learning.
Head Start provides low-income children access to quality education and good health practices.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: To plan and carry out individual and group activities to meet the social, emotional, physical and intellectual needs of preschool children, and to maintain a classroom conducive to happy learning and development. To participate in meetings, workshops and related trainings when necessary. To esta...
Head Start is a program of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement servi...
Head Start classrooms across the state work to make sure that demographic doesn't keep kids from excelling in education.
The benefits they bring and tips for a successful partnership
Head Start programs may help low-income parents improve their educational status, according to a new study by Northwestern University researchers.
By Gary Chin I had my mind made up. If I was going to teach, I wanted to teach young children. Much evidence supports that high quality preschool programs…
Head Start targets younger kids and their families to improve learning
Since its inception, Head Start’s core has been a comprehensive approach to high-quality early education and a focus on the whole child—recognizing the importance of social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
Preschoolers' weight loss attributed to emphasis on nutrition, exercise and structure
Individual Head Start classrooms vary enough in quality that the ratings of more than a third of centers could change by random chance, a new study finds. The results suggest those looking to improve the early education centers need to target support to individual teachers, not just to whole-school training.
The proposed Head Start rules, under development for years, are designed to align with the most up-to-date research on effective early-learning programs.
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Parents spend a lot of time worrying about their kids’ schools. Yes, school matters, but what happens at home matters more. According to Parenting, Politics, and Social Mobility, a new report…
Researchers suggest when making funding decisions about centers, it’s important to collect more accurate data about quality.