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Anecdotal experiences are near worthless, but sweeping statements with no cited sources are equally as bad.

Incorrect. They're worse.

Instead of disparaging anecdotes (which are worth something, actually), can you simply provide data that supersedes it?

And this is where you drop in the links to prove these programs aren't working.

BTW, one data point holds more value than zero.

There's no reason to assume that they work to begin with; pretty much nothing ever does in education. But you can examine the failure of Head Start and the general trends in education costs vs. results to see that the room for improvement is largely used up.