Originally Posted by deacongirl
I've seen the criticisms of Head Start before--it seemed clear to me that the quality of the education was not sustained beyond pre-school. To me the take away wasn't that pre-school had no long-term impact--it was that appropriate interventions needed to continue beyond pre-school.

Yes, that's exactly it. Preschool is an important and necessary part of addressing the disparities, but we can't stop there.