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• Loss of Playtime the Next Global Warming?

  Childhood Experts are feeling a wee bit troubled. They are worried about a generation of kids who aren’t getting enough of good old-fashioned playtime. The AP reported that this was the hot topic at the Wonderplay conference last week in New York City, a gathering that included 900 early childhood educators from 22 states.  During his keynote speech, the psychologist and author Michael Thompson declared "We have to fight back. We're going to fight for play." Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 07:30 PM by SunnyChanel with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: education, playtime, play, early education

• No Child Left Behind Sets Impossible Goals

  Yet another of the Bush administration’s chickens has come home to roost, this time in the arena of early education. The No Child Left Behind law has begun creating problems for schools that are not unlike the balloon payments dogging many homeowners. Read More... Posted Oct 13 2008, 03:20 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: education, law, reading, no child left behind, schools, bush administration, NCLB, math, tests, economy, early education laws, requirements, balloon payments, impossible goals, failing schools, proficiency, scores, testing, federal law, improvement, elementary schools, student, homeowners, early education