title: Assessing Head Start at 20: an invited commentary.
abstract: In a critique of the preceding articles by Valora Washington and Ura Jean Oyemade, one of the originators of Head Start points up the accomplishments of the program over the past two decades, takes note of some of its limitations, and assesses the prospects for Head Start in the current era of conservative fiscal policy.
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