From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net says...
> In , note these cogitations
> from blucy{at}mediaone.net Bill Lucy:
> > The problem with the HeadStart studies is they don't take into account one
> > factor -- the socialization issue. Just as in other groups, kids in school
tend
> > toward a mean. With school, much of that comes from the class size and the
> > ability of the teacher to coalesce the group -- otherwise no learning can
be
> > done.
>
> I fail to see how this amounts to a criticism of the Head Start studies.
> Seems more like a criticism of the structure of Head Start.

I'm not a fan of Head Start because it doesn't do what it *should do*. We
need to provide strong socialization skills for kids very early. That means
*all* kids should be in Head Start or *none*.

I lean toward the latter, because I don't know anyway to make the former viable.

> If I accept this tendency toward a mean then it is more an argument to
> only do Head Start on some group of kids if you are going to be able to
> keep those kids in their own separate class once they enter regular
> school. But if they can't be kept separated then how can Head Start help
> any?

It appears we might have some agreement here, Randall.

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