Word: preschooling
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...other child-development researchers are worried that companies will keep hyping a perceived need for math and reading drills for toddlers. "I hope people don't take away from this new study the notion that formal education needs to be pushed down to the preschool level," says David Elkind, author of the landmark 1981 book The Hurried Child. "Kids already learn what they need to know in a traditional learning-through-play program...
...KGOY phenomenon scares the crap out of parents. And yet Hannah manages to take advantage of it--drawing fans as young as preschool--while assuaging parents' fears. Can you put a price tag on a night of wholesome entertainment with your tween daughter? The scalpers have, fairly precisely...
What companies are involved? Since June, Mattel's Fisher-Price unit has recalled almost 1 million preschool toys, Hasbro has called back the same number of Easy-Bake Ovens, and RC2 Corp. has taken back 1.5 million Thomas & Friends train sets...
Life is a series of preparations. As a toddler, you prepare for preschool. Preschool prepares you for elementary school, which prepares you for high school, which prepares you for college, which ultimately prepares you for work in the “real world” and the abstract notion of life. What's next? Retirement. Then death. This is the general trend of life...
...would establish new incentives-lots more money and more control over teaching methods-to lure the nation's top college graduates into teaching, with bonuses for those willing to teach in the poorest neighborhoods. It would encourage a longer school day and longer school year and would fund universal preschool, and it would do all this, allegedly, for $67 billion less than we're spending on education today. In most of the country, local school boards-especially in affluent communities-would fight a state takeover of funding. Republicans are sticklers for local control. But what would be their argument against...