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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:11 PM Jun 2013

Heritage Foundation Head Start Scholar Fares Poorly Against Adorable 10-Year-Old (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON -- It's not often you get to see a Heritage Foundation scholar testifying side-by-side with a 10-year-old girl over the impacts of sequestration on early childhood education programs like Head Start.

And that's probably a good thing for the scholars.

At a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, the conservative think tank's David Muhlhausen came equipped with recent studies (widely disputed by many independent scholars) to argue that the 700,000 children losing Head Start programs were not suffering because, he said, Head Start doesn't work.

But Sakhia Whitehead, an honor student at Garrison Elementary School in Washington, had a very different personal experience.

more ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/heritage-foundation-head-start_n_3506475.html

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Heritage Foundation Head Start Scholar Fares Poorly Against Adorable 10-Year-Old (VIDEO) (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 OP
As I said on huffpo, maybe Mr. Muhlhausen life long demo Jun 2013 #1

life long demo

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1. As I said on huffpo, maybe Mr. Muhlhausen
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:51 PM
Jun 2013

should go back to school starting with Head Start to learn something. The little girl was adorable and knocked the sox off him.

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