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Reforming Head Start for the 21st century: A policy prescription

by Sara Mead & Ashley LiBetti Mitchel
February 16, 2017

Supplemental Material

Author Affiliation

Mead, partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a non-profit dedicated to helping education organizations become more effective in their work and achieve dramatic results, especially for high-need students. Mitchel, sr. policy analyst at Bellwether Education Partners. Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]

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