Back to School: Shrinking Kindergarten Days
© NIEER It’s that time of year again when the weather starts to feel crisper and the kids are donning backpacks to head to a new year of school. But what kind of classrooms are they going back to this...
View Article“First you work and then it’s play.”
The words of 4-year-old Misty still ring in my ears, as she described her impending rite of passage to kindergarten. When asked what she would do in kindergarten, she replied, “Play and learn....
View ArticleOvercoming the Pitfalls of Early Childhood Assessment
In the age of accountability, data collection seems to be in vogue. Data are now routinely collected nationwide on children, classrooms, and teachers. The data help teachers and schools improve their...
View ArticleAnnie Rooney French on Early Learning Leadership Networks in Kentucky
As part of a planned series of conversations on CEELO’s theme of Leading for Excellence in Early Childhood, CEELO staff member Kirsty Clarke Brown talked with Annie Rooney French Ph.D., Preschool...
View ArticleThe Common Core State Standards are not a curriculum
Dorothy Strickland, NIEER Distinguished Research Fellow, responds to specific issues raised in various venues by questioners, considering whether literacy standards and related assessments can be...
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