Office of Head Start Blog
By Yvette Sanchez Fuentes
The Office of Head Start (OHS) is proud of its history as a national leader in providing comprehensive services for low-income children and families. During the OHS 1st National Birth to Five Leadership Institute, we honored this history by recognizing our founders: Sargent Shriver, Edward Zigler, and T. Berry Brazelton. We are carrying on this tradition with Read More...
Using CLASS™ to Improve Head Start Quality
By Yvette Sanchez Fuentes
The Office of Head Start (OHS) is committed to ensuring program excellence for the families and children we serve. This week we informed 122 agencies providing Head Start services that they would need to compete with other programs in their community for continued funding from the Office of Head Start. Read More...
Talking about School Readiness
By Amanda Bryans
School readiness is a key part of Head Start, and has been since its beginning in 1965. We talk about school readiness as it relates to getting children ready for school, parents ready to support children in school, and schools ready for the children they receive. In Head Start, school readiness goals include the key areas of children's health and physical development Read More...
Building Strong Relationships with Positive Observations
By Amanda Bryans
One of the most important things we can do to engage parents in Head Start is observe and report to them positive things about their children. Parenting young children is very hard work even in the best circumstances. When there are inadequate resources, the work is even harder. Getting food on the table, arranging transportation to and from work Read More...
Reform Continues: Head Start Grant Applicants Under Review
By Yvette Sanchez Fuentes
The children who attend Head Start deserve the best we can give them. A high-quality early education can be what provides a child from a low-income family a genuinely equal opportunity to succeed. That idea has guided Head Start since it began in 1965, and it laid the groundwork for the historic reforms currently underway. Read More...
Last Reviewed: February 2013
Last Updated: February 14, 2013
