Kindergarten crunch: Lack of playtime killing joy of learning, say advocates
Child development experts have long bemoaned the structured, test-driven course of early education. But a national push for universal kindergarten and preschool has raised the stakes.School administrators are now pressed to show these public programs are a worthwhile investment. That means teaching and testing literacy and math skills. Child advocates, though, worry play, exercise and exploration in most public kindergartens is vanishing. Kristen Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 24, 2009
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