Claire Withycombe

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

The Trump administration is violating the law by delaying funds to Head Start programs, shedding federal workers and instituting vague policies barring diversity, equity and inclusion, parents and early childhood education advocates allege in a new lawsuit. “They’re trying to choke down the program through the executive branch, and they don’t have authority to do that,” said Joel Ryan, the executive director of the Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP.

3 weeks ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Claire Withycombe

Los desayunos, libros y juegos regresaron el lunes a cuatro aulas del programa Head Start en Sunnyside tras un cierre repentino provocado por la falta de fondos federales. Después de tres días de ausencia, los niños fueron llegando poco a poco: algunos de la mano de sus padres, otros corriendo por el pasto o bajando con cautela del autobús. Maestros y personal los recibieron con sonrisas y abrazos.

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group. Learn more about Ed Lab. SUNNYSIDE, Yakima County — It was back to breakfast, books and play Monday morning at four Head Start classrooms in Sunnyside after an abrupt closure due to a lack of federal funds.

3 weeks ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Claire Withycombe

Más de 400 niños pueden regresar a sus aulas en Head Start en el valle bajo de Yakima luego que se notificó a los Centros de Desarrollo Inspire que recibirían sus fondos federales. Inspire despidió a 72 empleados a partir del cierre el martes y cerró más de una docena de aulas de Head Start en el área de Sunnyside porque no tenía suficiente dinero para continuar sus servicios.

3 weeks ago | yakimaherald.com | Claire Withycombe

More than 400 children can return to their Head Start classrooms in the Lower Yakima Valley after Inspire Development Centers was notified Friday that it would get its federal funding. Inspire had laid off 72 employees, effective at the close of business Tuesday, and shuttered more than a dozen Head Start classrooms in the Sunnyside area because it did not have enough money to continue operating them.