Head Start

Fresh off his trip to Washington D.C. for the National Governors Association winter meeting, Governor Sean Parnell is expressing pessimism about the looming federal fiscal crisis due to automatic budget cuts set to take effect Friday. "We've got the...

Thank you for Jamie Smith Hopkins front page story on the growth of poverty in suburbs across Maryland ("Poor people in Balto.'s suburbs outnumber those in city," May 21). The article is must reading for policymakers, civic groups, faith-based leaders and...

When children get the nurturing and support they need from the very start, they thrive and are more likely to succeed in school and in life. This is why Connecticut should create an Office of Early Childhood and Congress should enact President Obama's...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that...

The difference in income levels in Connecticut is great. Unfortunately, 118,809 children here are in poverty, according to the Children's Defense Fund. That is 14.9 percent of Connecticut's children. Of that number, 54,304, or 6.8 percent, are in...

Barbara Monahan, 97, a longtime teacher at Manchester's Nathan Hale School, died March 31. "She used to walk to school every day," said Celeste McLaughlin, Monahan's stepdaughter. "The kids who she taught would remember Mrs. Monahan because they...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security...

More than 1,000 preschool children and their families celebrated the successful end of the Head Start school year by partying with circus performers in Bushnell Park before marching toward the lawn side of the Old State House to watch Asian elephants have...

The association that represents Pennsylvania's Head Start Program providers is out with a new summary of how sequester cuts will hurt programs for low-income children in the coming year. This according to the Pennsylvania Head Start Association: "Head...

Concert — The Little Traverse Choral Society and Little Traverse Youth Choir will present a Concert for Peace at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the United Methodist Church in Petoskey. Tickets $15 adults, $5 students, free children 12 years and...

CHARLEVOIX -- Charlevoix Middle School will close next year and students will instead attend classes at the district's elementary and high schools. The move, along with a staff reduction, is expected to save the district approximately $800,000. In...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some...