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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: koan who wrote (989742)12/22/2016 4:19:15 PM
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>>>That is a myth and total nonsense that the right wing has been spreading for years. Kids do not lose information gained early in life-lol. <<<

I'm not sure what myth you are talking about. For my part, I never suggested kids lose information gained early in life as a point in your topic. What I did say was "Statistics show that in the long term that boost is lost." That is, the gap in achievement levels returns. This is born out by scientific studies. The only way to keep that from happening is to continue intensive special instruction for several years after Headstart.

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Fuerst's study adds considerable weight to a growing sentiment among early-childhood educators that inner-city kids need much more than a year or two of preschool. "The best program in the world for a very short time at age 4 is not going to help children survive the onslaught" of neighborhoods devastated by crime and drugs, says Barbara Willer, public-affairs director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. "If you view it as an inoculation, you're in for a surprise."

But Fuerst says that when he studied the numbers more closely, he found some hope. At one of the six centers, children received an extraordinary amount of special instruction: seven to nine years.
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