Head start: Mend it, don't expand it (yet)

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 678-681

  Besharov, Douglas J ^a,b   Higney, Caeli A ^c  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 34547401003     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20272     Document Type: Review

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