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NBC "Education Nation" Perpetuates Preschool Access Myth

September 27, 2010, 4:08pm

Lisa Snell

Head Start Fail: Enrollment Fraud Edition

May 21, 2010, 1:35pm

Lisa Snell

A Government Accountabity Office investigation found that many Head Start Centers fraudulently enroll extra children.

Public Sector Employees are Killing the Economy: Head Start Edition

April 1, 2010, 5:19pm

Lisa Snell

Head Start preschool programs in Georgia and across the country are spending federal economic stimulus dollars on raises for their employees, some as high as 8.5 percent, public records show.

Oklahoma Universal Preschool Fail: 2009 NAEP Reading Edition

March 24, 2010, 1:46pm

Lisa Snell

Oklahoma has the highest quality universal preschool system in the nation. Yet,the NAEP State Profile of Oklahoma shows once again that the state's huge investment in universal preschool is not improving student achievement in 4th grade reading. It is still lower now than before universal preschool was implemented; Oklahoma scores are below the national average; and UPK in Oklahoma has not closed the achievement gap between groups of students.

What Universal Kindergarten Tells Us About Universal Preschool

March 3, 2010, 1:55pm

Lisa Snell

State funding of universal kindergarten had no discernible impact on many of the long-term outcomes desired by policymakers, including grade retention, public assistance receipt, employment, and earnings.

Fake Spending Freeze: Head Start Edition

February 3, 2010, 1:05pm

Lisa Snell

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