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Affirmative

Better teachers give poor preschoolers best head start

Citrus: Program offers kids an earlier head start

Does preschool make a difference?

Early Childhood Financial Aid

Early Education Key to National Security

Early Head Start National Resource Center

Education and the Cycle of Poverty

Failed Follow-Up: More than words are needed to support Head Start

Federal Expenditures on Infants and Toddleers in 2007

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Finally getting smart about investing in learning - The Boston Globe

From Head Start to Trenton police director: Early intervention is the key for at-risk kids - NJVoices: Guest blog

Head Start still premier early childhood program

HEAD START: PROMOTING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Hearing: The Importance of Early Childhood Development

High Costs of Child Care can Lead to Lifestyle Changes

High Quality Pre-School: The Key to Crime Prevention

Improving Head Start for America's Children

Increase Early Education to Reduce Crime

Invest in Comprehensive Early Childhood Education

Long-term Effects of an Early Childhood Intervention on Educational Achievement and Juvenile Arrest: A 15-Year Follow-up of Low-Income Children in Public Schools, May 9, 2001, Reynolds et al. 285 (18): 2339

Officials say Head Start reduces crime.

Officials: Early Education Effort Cuts Crime - Education News Story - KCCI Des Moines

Oregon Law Enforcement and Business Leaders Call on Lawmakers to Increase Federal Funding for Head Start

Study Finds Head Start Reduces Crime

The Dawn of a New Era: Investing in Early Childhood Education Boosts America

The Link Between Early Childhood Education and Crime

The New Economic Recovery Law: Child Care, Head Start and Early Head Start Resources

Why Did the Crime Rate Decrease Through 1999?

General

Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Programs

Negative

Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten

Children and the Economic Recovery Package

Does Head Start Make a Difference?

Does Universal Preschool Improve Learning?

Does Universal Preschool Improve Learning? Lessons from Georgia and Oklahoma

Don't Rush to Get On Board With Universal Preschool

Early Childhood Research Quarterly : Critical Perspectives on Project Head Start: Revisioning the Hope and Challenge : : Jeanne Ellsworth and Lynda Ames (Eds.), Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1998, 352 pages, $22.95

Education Week: Stimulus Providing Big Funding Boost for Early Childhood

Hard Realities for Early Head Start

Head Start and the Nanny State

Head Start Children Not Adequately Prepared

Head Start, Early Head Start Programs to Receive Over $2 Billion in Recovery Act Funding

It's time to Stop Head Start

Mofe Head Start? Not Smart

PI 09-06 Head Start Funding Increase

Preschool study finds bright side, dark side / It helps language, math -- can hurt social development

Recession Stalls State-Financed Pre-Kindergarten, but Federal Money May Help

Sensible state funding begins with early childhood

Slow the Preschool Bandwagon

State Initiatives to Promote Early Learning: Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized Child Care, Head Start, and State Prekindergarten - CGS - PolicyArchive

Ten Reasons Why the Stimulus Should Not Include Education Spending

Why Education Is Useless

2010-11 Policy Resources