More madness of the same rancid type as before. Arguably, though, these people are doing what they do not out of stupidity but out of something even worse -- cynical politics and special interests. So, a pox on both your houses! They've destroyed American education! Time to go edupunk.
So what am I nerd-ranting about this time? The prologue is the unforgivable cancellation of the inexpensive DC school voucher program even though it was working, the students were learning, and the parents wanted it. Now we get this gem:
Head Start, which provides preschool programs to poor families, is a prime example of the Senate committee’s true attitude toward evidence-based decision-making. In January, the Health and Human Services Department released a study of Head Start’s overall impact. The conclusions were disturbing. By the end of first grade, the study found, Head Start graduates were doing no better than students who didn't attend Head Start. "No significant impacts were found for math skills, pre-writing, children’s promotion, or teacher report of children’s school accomplishments or abilities in any year," the report concluded.
And how did the Senate panel react to this dismal evidence? They set aside $8.2 billion for Head Start in 2011, almost a billion dollars more than in 2010.
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It is a fine example of politicians' penchant for -- how shall we shall -- ah yes -- rectal-cranial inversion.
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