Breadcrumb Home Bettye Caldwell, educator who helped pave way for Head Start, dies at 91 Monday, April 25, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/us/bettye-caldwell-educator-who-helped-pave-w… Bettye Caldwell, a UI College of Education alumna who earned a master’s degree in early childhood education and who was a catalyst for Head Start, died April 19 in St. Louis. She was 91.