Head Start

The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...

Four-year-olds in northeast South Dakota could all go to preschool if a plan proposed by President Barack Obama is carried out.  During the State of the Union address, Obama asked members of Congress to make quality preschool available to all children....

When my older son turned 3, I decided he should go to preschool. My reasons were simple: We were living in Los Angeles, and I had a busy career as a reporter. My son played with a few neighbor kids, but it was obvious he was ready for something more,...

Financial aid workshop offered at Boyle County Public Library The Boyle County Public Library will host a financial aid workshop 2 p.m. Tuesday in the community room at the library. Topics include:  - What is financial aid? - How do I apply for...

If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress -- in a good week, in session no more than two and a half days -- let the Standard & Poor's credit...

The funeral service for Arlone Yvonne Huber, 63, Aberdeen, is 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Pastor Tom Haggar officiating. Burial following at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arlone died Monday, Feb. 18, at Avera...

Democrats and Republicans in Washington agree: It would be a disaster if the "sequester," with its more than $1 trillion of cuts to defense and domestic spending, takes effect March 1, as scheduled. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the reductions to...

During this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress and the American people to make early education expansion a priority. Raising children and providing them a high quality education is not an easy job for parents....

If Congress fails to deal with the looming threat of sequestration, March 1 will be devastating for millions of Americans. That will be the day that automatic, across-the-board spending cuts begin to take effect — cutting $1.2 trillion from...

When President Obama talked in his State of the Union speech about the importance of early childhood education, he offered my cue to complete the last in a series of columns. It began with a column about The Infant, Toddler and Family Center of the...

Every year millions of well-intentioned American kids show up for kindergarten or first grade woefully unprepared to learn. Some can't even tell you their complete name, let alone spell any of it. That's enough reason for me to believe "high-quality...

President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address, announced a plan for early education for all Americans. Leading economists agree that high-quality early learning programs can help level the playing field for children from lower-income families...