There is no such thing as a “developmentally appropriate curriculum” for three- and four-year-olds. Common sense should tell us that. ~Dr. Peter Gray, The Case Against Preschool in Psychology Today. Universal preschool might better be called daycare, a program for young children to socialize, have free play, and experience lovely learning-rich experiences before school. It […]
Head Start and the Hunger Games
CNN Money reported that 57,000 children will lose out on Head Start due to the Sequester and $85 billion in federal budget cuts. Head Start staffers, some who are parents of the children, will see pay cuts or be fired. http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/19/news/economy/headstart-funding-cuts/ One would think preschool for the poor would be improving. But maybe when […]