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Millie Thompson Williams, first woman elected to help lead Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta, dies

Thompson Williams is remembered as a spiritual leader and educator who “liked seeing what the possibilities were.”

The Texas Tribune · Aug 28, 2023

This school tries unique strategy to prepare young kids to learn to read

Every Georgia elementary school will soon have to reconsider how to teach reading. One metro Atlanta system has a head start.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

U.S. Finally Ends Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Travelers, Employees, Head Start

The last vestiges of the Biden administration's pandemic mandates are disappearing on May 11.

Reason · May 1, 2023

Drug laws should not be eliminated

The idea that we do not need laws of deterrence for illegal drug sales is like getting rid of speed limits on our highways.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2022

A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners

The Stolen Year acknowledges public school COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.

Reason · Oct 2, 2022

Judge Ends Federal Vaccine and Mask Mandates for Head Start School Programs

Why should low-income children be the only ones still forced to wear masks?

Reason · Sep 21, 2022

A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners

The Stolen Year acknowledges the public schools' COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.

Reason · Aug 23, 2022

Hispanic activists fight to preserve a Texas school connected to Head Start history

Stephen F. Austin/Minnie Mae Hopper Elementary School in Wharton, Texas, is one of the last remaining "Little Schools of the 400."

Axios · Mar 17, 2022

Judge dismisses charges against 2 in 1990s child abuse case

A judge in Ohio has dismissed charges against two people who their attorneys say were falsely accused of sexually abusing children from a Head Start program in the early 1990s

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Congressional Review Act resolution would block Head Start vaccine and mask mandates

A Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to block an interim final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that requires all Head Start staff and volunteers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear a mask.

Ballotpedia · Feb 18, 2022