Pressure-cooker kindergarten - The Boston Globe:
"Pressure? This is kindergarten, the happy land of building blocks and singalongs. But increasingly in schools across Massachusetts and the United States, little children are being asked to perform academic tasks, including test taking, that early childhood researchers agree are developmentally inappropriate, even potentially damaging. If children don’t meet certain requirements, they are deemed “not proficient.” Frequently, children are screened for “kindergarten readiness” even before school begins, and some are labeled inadequate before they walk through the door."
How The Youngs Can Get Ahead
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There is a particular odious brand of commentary, a sort of cousin to the
standard Kids These Days laments, which explains that the Youngs are
unhappy and ...
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