The Trump administration has put forward new guidelines aiming to overhaul the Head Start program. This initiative could potentially change how the program operates nationwide. Established in 1965 during President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Head Start currently supports 700,000 children ages three to five, along with 160,000 infants and toddlers through Early Head Start.

Amna Nawaz, a co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS News Hour, explored these proposed changes in a discussion with Coral Davenport from The New York Times. This conversation highlighted the potential impacts and implications the new guidelines could have on families and educational services across the United States.

Solveig Rennan Sandbulte, a producer for national affairs at PBS News Hour and Horizons, contributed to the coverage of this issue.