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> . . . in disadvantaged youth offered early education. Head Start was a lot more than just early education. It was social services, nutrition, mental health s
by asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
> . . . in disadvantaged youth offered early education.
Head Start was a lot more than just early education. It was social services, nutrition, mental health services, and even the employment of some parents of the Head Start children. I should be clear that I do not mean to claim the total absence of benefits of kindergarten. I was exaggerating. The position I will stake is that I believe the benefits are likely very minor, even outside of COVID, and especially for affluent children.
- mlyle 6y agoSo, then, your intent in responding to my comment was just to be pedantic and snarky, and not to offer any actual information except to parrot the normal correlation != causation line? That was a good use of our time.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoYour one observing a correlation between kindergarten and success? No, I think your comment was likely to engender in the typical reader a belief that kindergarten was known to have a significant and positive causal effect (both statistical and clinical) on outcomes as a general rule. I don't believe this has been established. My intent in responding to your comment was to prevent that belief from wrongly being engendered in the minds of the readers.