I imagine any organization's website is going to claim marvelous success. I'm more interested in objective 3rd party evaluations. I know how to use Google; I was hoping you had specific references in mind when you made the claim to Head Start's success contrary to what resources I've read state. So, I'm assuming now that you do not. I'm not trying to be confrontational but when an interest group on one hand keeps beating the drum that society's efforts to ameliorate the plight of the disadvantaged have been an abject failure and that minority groups continue to fall further and further behind despite these efforts, I am puzzled when the same interest group on the other hand would then cite the success of these programs as reasons to demand more such programs. Everything I've ever read about Head Start is that longitudinal studies cannot demonstrate any closing of the educational gap, which is exactly in conformity with the poor performance of public education in general. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary I'm continuing with the widespread conclusion that Head Start is just expensively-administered day care.
Okay. Best to cling to your opinion. Perplexity isn’t google. Just those kinds of assumptions that enable an entrenched opinion to remain so. This is why we find ourselves being armchair quarterbacks about the state of things, but with no nuanced perspective.
I’d suggest going to the head start website and find publications. Try perplexity to help find suitable references.
I imagine any organization's website is going to claim marvelous success. I'm more interested in objective 3rd party evaluations. I know how to use Google; I was hoping you had specific references in mind when you made the claim to Head Start's success contrary to what resources I've read state. So, I'm assuming now that you do not. I'm not trying to be confrontational but when an interest group on one hand keeps beating the drum that society's efforts to ameliorate the plight of the disadvantaged have been an abject failure and that minority groups continue to fall further and further behind despite these efforts, I am puzzled when the same interest group on the other hand would then cite the success of these programs as reasons to demand more such programs. Everything I've ever read about Head Start is that longitudinal studies cannot demonstrate any closing of the educational gap, which is exactly in conformity with the poor performance of public education in general. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary I'm continuing with the widespread conclusion that Head Start is just expensively-administered day care.
Okay. Best to cling to your opinion. Perplexity isn’t google. Just those kinds of assumptions that enable an entrenched opinion to remain so. This is why we find ourselves being armchair quarterbacks about the state of things, but with no nuanced perspective.