Change (Updated)

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It may not matter most of the time, but when the shit hits the fan, only one of these will save a life

And Chuck Schumer, for one, is furious that this important effort is being put back to sleep. “And during Gay Pride month to boot”. That’s the point, idiot; the guard has changed.

This was Chuck’s hero:

"The cupboard is bare, there's not a penny to be cut" N. Pelosi.

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“Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he/she/they had a pig, E-I-E-I-O,”

EXCLUSIVE: Federal Education Program Head Start Warned Teachers About Racist Babies, Made Old MacDonald Trans

A new report from the Functional Government Initiative (FGI) reveals just how deeply woke ideology has permeated Head Start, a government program that provides education and other services to children three to five. Head Start held webinars for teachers on “anti-bias and anti-racism strategies Head Start programs can use in their practices, services, and systems.”

One webinar warned that even infants “discriminate between faces by race” and that “babies can categorize people by gender and race.”

Head Start also embraced transgender ideology, referring to pregnant women as “birthing parents” and “pregnant people” in social media posts. The program also proposed ways to make activities for children “more inclusive,” including by changing the lyrics to “Old MacDonald Had A Farm.”

“Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he/she/they had a pig, E-I-E-I-O,” the updated lyrics read.

Related: Head Start’s long been known to be nothing but an employment program for otherwise-unemployable inner city mothers and, above them, education majors/baristas/fry flippers. And for just as long, it has been known that the program achieves nothing except provide paychecks to those people.

AI Prompt: Do Head Start benefits disappear in later grades?

While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd grade 1. Research has demonstrated that federal Head Start centers, which provide preschool care to children from low-income families, have little or no long-term academic value for children 2. Recently released results from the Head Start Impact Study indicate that the benefits of participating in Head Start almost completely disappear by first grade3. If Head Start children are more advanced when they enter kindergarten, schools may divert resources to their less-prepared peers. As those peers catch up, the visible benefits of Head Start would diminish 4. Convincing evidence regarding Head Start’s long-term effects has remained even more elusive, thanks to the lack of program randomization in its early years, small sample sizes of longitudinal surveys, and the difficulty of measuring adults’ access to Head Start decades ago 5.

Education Week

https://www.edweek.org › teaching-learning

Head Start Advantages Mostly Gone by 3rd Grade, Study Finds

Dec 21, 2012 · While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd...

Education Next

  1. https://www.educationnext.org

    Is Head Start Worth Saving? - Education Next

    Apr 8, 2025 · Research has demonstrated that federal Head Start centers, which provide preschool care to children from low-income families, have little or no long-term academic value …

  2. The Heritage Foundation

    https://www.heritage.org › education › report › head...

    Head Start Earns an F: No Lasting Impact for Children by First …

    Jan 21, 2010 · Abstract: Recently released results from the Head Start Impact Study indicate that the benefits of participating in Head Start almost completely disappear by first grade. While …

  3. Center for Poverty and Inequality Research

    https://poverty.ucdavis.edu › policy-brief › short-run...

    Short-run Fade-out in Head Start and Implications for Long-run ...

    If Head Start children are more advanced when they enter kindergarten, schools may divert resources to their less-prepared peers. As those peers catch up, the visible benefits of Head …

  4. nih.gov

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles

    Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start …

    Convincing evidence regarding Head Start’s long-term effects has remained even more elusive, thanks to the lack of program randomization in its early years, small sample sizes of …

  5. Chalkbeat

    https://www.chalkbeat.org › a-new-study-questions-whether-head-start...

    A new study questions the long-run benefits of Head Start

    Aug 8, 2019 · For those born between 1976 and 1986, they, like Deming, found Head Start provided clear benefits. For children born later, though — largely between 1986 and 1996 — …

What happens in the children’s library should stay in the library — not read aloud to tender, sensitive adults

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give her a medal

Reader “Pierre DeLecto” (I don’t think that’s his real name, btw) sends along this clip of an unidentified* CT Republican representative, along with this comment:

This is somewhat off-topic--the common theme is the complete collapse of what were once assumed to be mutually-accepted societal norms. One has to watch the entire video to see what the CT Rep says, the admonishment she receives (from a Democrat) and her response that more than justifies her initial action. Don’t miss her comments at the end!

Pierre’s right, and so is she.

Because they aren't allowed to by their masters

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China permits two new coal power plants per week in 2022

Coal power plant permitting, construction starts and new project announcements accelerated dramatically in China in 2022, with new permits reaching the highest level since 2015. The coal power capacity starting construction in China was six times as large as that in all of the rest of the world combined.

Morning laugh: "History will judge you as idiots and liars" — he actually admitted that

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In the rare instances I’m drawn into discussing politics with liberals, I find the same blind, frothing-at-the-mouth ignorance and contempt displayed here. That contempt is returned, silently, 100X.

Go ahead, you can say it: JOOOOZE!

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maybe he was targeting gays?

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