Friday, February 19, 2010

Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

John Stossel makes the point. To give the establishment its best shot, consider Head Start, which politicians view as sacred. The $166 billion program is 45 years old, so it's had time to prove itself. But guess what: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently found no difference in first-grade test results between kids who went through Head Start and similar kids who didn't (http://tinyurl.com/ylcmb92). President Obama has repeatedly promised to "eliminate programs that don't work," but he wants to give Head Start a billion more dollars. The White House wouldn't explain this contradiction to me. Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

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