Our education system starts at age 5, pays little attention to children’s development and achievement until third grade, and is strewn with remedial programs to get older children back on track.
Meanwhile, studies keep pouring forth that highlight the importance of children’s earliest years – birth to age 8 – in developing the mental capacity that enables life-long learning.
In short, our education policies don’t align with the latest science on how and when children learn. American public education is out of whack.
Read more………..
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/how-ed-policies-ignore-science.html
3 years ago
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