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- @THE_BWood what do you object to? Free speech in an open society? See follow up: erikachristakis.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/are… 2 days ago
- @BorobodurA what do you object to? Criticism in an open society? See follow up: erikachristakis.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/are… 2 days ago
- @DavidBSalva yes private. And open to criticism like anything else in our free society. See follow up erikachristakis.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/are… 2 days ago
- Are The Boy Scouts Knuckling Under? wp.me/p2gSp7-Qp 2 days ago
- @SamJolman thanks. Nice post. 2 days ago
To Want “But LIttle”: Reflections From a Second Grade Classroom
Tag Archives: preschool
Preschool Paradox II
This is a version of my Preschool Paradox which I’ve posted at WBUR’s new online magazine, Cognoscenti. It’s a bit more “suitable for work” than my earlier screedy blog iteration. I’ve just started as a contributor at Cognoscenti and it’s got some good voices … Continue reading
The Preschool Paradox
People keep asking why we should expand subsidized preschool when kids from Finland don’t start school until age seven and seem to turn out pretty damned functional. I agree it’s a puzzle. How can preschool be the best investment a … Continue reading
Posted in Children/Teens/Young Adults
Tagged academic vs. play-based preschool, child development, developmentally appropriate education, developmentally appropriate practice, early childhood education, environment as curriculum, finland education, high quality preschool education, obama's preschool plan, pre-k, preschool, quality early childhood education, young children
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Obama’s Preschool Plan
My TIME.com column today on why little kids need to be little kids (and we should be worried about turning preschool into ‘big school’): Early childhood advocates were elated by Obama’s State of the Union proposal to vastly expand our infrastructure of … Continue reading
Posted in Children/Teens/Young Adults, Erika @ TIME.com
Tagged Children and play, early childhood development, early childhood education, high stakes testing, kindergarten, nursery school, obama state of the union, Obama's preschool proposal, preschool, The Catch-22 of Obama's preschool plan, why children need play
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