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WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration apparently has backed away from a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start, the early education program that serves some of the nation's neediest preschoolers.
PHOENIX (AP) -- For parents who need to work but can't afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time -- or not at all.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Donald Trump paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching directive, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation's neediest families and children.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation's neediest families and children.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state by inserting Bible references into reading lessons and requiring teachers to post the Ten Commandments.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last month's election loss to President-elect Donald Trump and urged them not to lose hope and to remain politically engaged.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit -- a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty.
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) -- As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon "PAW Patrol."
Asked recently how he would bring down the high cost of child care, former President Donald Trump said doing so would be relatively "not very expensive" -- at least, not compared with revenue from tax hikes he would impose on foreign goods.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris' record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The high cost of caring for children and the elderly has forced women out of the workforce, devastated family finances and left professional caretakers in low-wage jobs -- all while slowing economic growth.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce shortage.