Head Start effects persisted more for students who later attended better-funded K–12 schools, suggesting sustained enrichment rather than one-time intervention sustains gains.

Evidence

Why Do Most Education Interventions Fade Out Over Time? (Education Next)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Intelligence is malleable and shaped by environment, not fixed by heredity — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 54