His enrollment numbers for the upcoming
school year have been short
of his goal each spring
after the first round
of placements since the OneApp
began, but the
school has always managed to fill seats before the
school year starts, he said.
But Head
Start's academic effects are slight — reduction
of the gap by a few IQ points at the
beginning of elementary
school, which fades into nothing
after a few
years of school.