Coverage dated October 16, 2026

Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico balks at Trump’s proposal to require English at Head Start centers

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The only English words 4-year-old Alaisha Sandoval knows are courtesy of “Peppa Pig,” but that could soon change. The Trump administration is proposing that Head Start programs teach exclusively in English, rejecting the federal early-childhood program’s practice of inco…

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    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The only English words 4-year-old Alaisha Sandoval knows are courtesy of “Peppa Pig,” but that could soon change. The Trump administration is proposing that Head Start programs teach exclusively in English, rejecting the federal early-childhood program’s practice of inco…

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