Head Startʼs Lasting Benefits
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Head Start’s Lasting Benefits
The benefits of Head Start are under increased scrutiny as Congress debates its reauthorization. How effective is Head Start, and how can it be improved? We provide a current overview and critical evaluation of Head Start research and discuss implications of this research with an eye toward informing debate. There has been a good deal of controversy over whether Head Start produces lasting bene...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infants & Young Children
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0896-3746
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200501000-00003