Since the outset, I have objected to the name “Head Start” on the basis that no one should have a head start. If they had named it “Catch Up” or something, I could have at least read about the program without becoming incensed. These programs never die, no matter how worthless or expensive.
Kindergarten is not where the problem is, as I understand it. What they need is “Tail Finish.” Black and white kindergarteners are on the same level. Black and white high schoolers are not.