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Tom Harkin: By the way, Head Start is not an educational program; it is a social skills program with education added in.

On the recordMarch 19, 2007
By the way, Head Start is not an educational program; it is a social skills program with education added in.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
Source
congress.gov
Mar 19, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying the true nature of the Head Start program.

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