Letters

To the Editor:

John Merrow's Commentary regarding his solutions to Head Start was very informative ( "The 'Failure' of Head Start," Sept. 25, 2002). Mainly, it informed me that he has never taught in a preschool. I am not an elitist, but I do know that children of the poorer families come to school with a set of needs different from those of the wealthy.

Driving around Luxembourg, seeing signs for preschools, is meaningless. Driving around rural Georgia and seeing youngsters occupied in reading would be worth examining. How about writing about programs that work, instead of...