"But we can have children assessed by asking simple questions," Mr. Bush said. "You know, words go left to right. Are you able to identify certain sounds?"

Bush has proposed virtually destroying Head Start by turning what may be the most successful of all federal programs over to cash-strapped states, where it is likely to either wither away or be turned into another test-happy regime that views young people as robots who can leave all their physical, nutritional and emotional problems behind if they just get their daily drills in phonics.

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