Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
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.”
Guests
- 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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