Everybody who knew Head Start didn’t work, raise your hand

Isn’t it great to have common sense, the kind that says taking kids out of their homes at an early age is stupid?

Health and Human Services' own study says it don’t work.

“In 2010, HHS released the findings of the Head Start Impact Study, which tracked the progress of three- and four-year-olds entering Head Start through kindergarten and first grade. Overall, Head Start had little to no positive effects for children who were granted access.

“For the four-year-old group, compared to similarly situated children not allowed access to Head Start, access to the program failed to raise the cognitive abilities of participants on 41 measures. Specifically, the language skills, literacy, math skills, and school performance of the participating children failed to improve.

“Alarmingly, access to Head Start for the three-year-old group actually had a harmful effect on the teacher-assessed math ability of these children once they entered kindergarten. Teachers reported that non-participating children were more prepared in math skills than those children who participated in Head Start.”

Long trail through maggiesfarm, lucianne and hotair to:

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/head-start-impact-evaluation-report-finally-released