NPR | The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

San Antonio College has a whole building designed for pupils who are much younger than the typical college student.

Nestled between modern academic buildings, the Head Start center provides free, federally funded child care programs designed to promote school readiness for infants, toddlers and preschoolers from low-income families.

Inside one of the classrooms, Samuel, a curly-haired 2-and-a-half-year-old, is attempting to walk down a plastic slide.

Anthony Francis for NPR