title: Head Start has little to do with mental retardation: a reply to Clarke and Clarke.
abstract: Clarke and Clarke's (1977) critique of Head Start in an editorial on mental retardation is based upon questionable assumptions, a selective review of research, and errors in fact. There is considerable evidence that Head Start has improved the social competence of economically disadvantaged children.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014490:United States Office of Economic Opportunity