Head Start Waste of Taxpayer Funds

[From article]
"A study conceived during the Clinton administration and completed in the Bush years has largely languished in the bureaucracy. Brookings Institution scholar Grover J. Whitehurst described the major findings from the first round of the study: "The study demonstrated that children's attendance in Head Start has no demonstrable impact on their academic, socio-emotional, or health status at the end of first grade."

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Starting to slice some sacred cows
Linda Chavez
New York Post
Last Updated: 4:42 AM, February 12, 2011
Posted: 9:53 PM, February 11, 2011