Trump won’t axe Head Start. Bay Area families are still worried.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has borne out many aspects of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for slashing the federal government.

But Trump appears to have departed from one of its key goals in the realm of education, with major consequences for California. A recent budget proposal released by the White House does not seek to cut Head Start, the early childhood education program that serves about half a million low-income and unhoused kids nationwide. An unnamed official...