Are education reforms harming poor kids? Study finds testing is pushing out play for young kids
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A teacher at Jardín de Niños plays with kids at the school in Lincoln Heights, which receives funding from the California Department of Education.
A new survey by a nonprofit to find out how current education reforms are affecting early education teaching and learning, has found that poor children are receiving a developmentally inappropriate education in their earliest years while their more wealthy peers are likely to get more appropriate lessons.
It's not a scientific study - it wasn't randomized or controlled. Defending the Early Years posted the survey on its website and invited teachers and administrators to answer questions about education in the classroom for preschool to third grade. DEY's mission is to mobilize educators to take action around public policy issues that affect early education.
The group said 185 teachers from Pre-K to third grade took the surver. And their