Op-Ed Contributors - Head Start Falls Further Behind - NYTimes.com
BARACK OBAMA ran for president promising change. Unfortunately, a look inside the stimulus package reveals that “change” mostly means spending vastly more on domestic programs without necessarily improving the way they operate. Nowhere is this clearer than in its provisions concerning education, particularly Head Start.
America’s most vexing educational problem is the achievement gap that puts low-income, mostly minority children far behind ...
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