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Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet

Mar. 03, 2024 00:22 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Doris Milton is a Head Start success story. She was a student in one of Chicago’s inaugural Head Start classes, when the antipoverty program, which aimed to help children succeed by providing them a first-rate preschool education, was in its infancy. ...

Today in History: January 8, Lyndon Johnson declares 'war on poverty'

Jan. 08, 2024 00:07 AM EST

Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2024. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on...