Everyone agrees that early childhood education is essential to later academic success. But has the pressure to succeed led to unrealistic expectations in kindergarten? Kojo looks at the competing priorities and speaks with this year's "National Teacher of the Year."
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-09-18/new-kindergarten
The New Kindergarten
Listen Monday, Sep. 18, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Education, SocietyGuests
Dominic F. Gullo
Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Queens College, City University of New York; Editor, "K Today: Teaching and Learning in the Kindergarten Year" (NAEYC, 2006)
Kimberly Oliver
Kindergarten Teacher, Broad Acres Elementary School (Silver Spring, MD); 2006 "National Teacher of the Year"
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