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House Thwarts President on Head Start Testing
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The House dealt a blow to President Bush's chief early-childhood initiative yesterday, voting to end the standardized testing of 4-year-olds, which was at the heart of his efforts to refocus Head Start. (Washington Post [1], Thursday)
The success of Head Start: one of the myths we live by.
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Children's Real Enemy [2] by John Hood
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050202650.html?hpid=moreheadlines
[2] Children's Real Enemy: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4383
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