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Where’s the joy and authentic learning in worksheets?
A teacher wrote to me recently to say she’d just spent a week subbing in…
All children are not the same: The demise of creative self-expression
Consider the following stories that I’ve come across in my years as an education consultant:…
Technology is not meant to replace human interaction!
My stance relative to technology in early childhood is not a popular one among my…
This Just In: Preschoolers Don’t Get Enough Exercise
I’ve been waiting for the “revolution” in education, in terms of an understanding that children…
Teachers and parents, please rethink homework!
Homework has been the subject of several posts I’ve come across lately. First there was…
A mother’s cry for help
I was in Kentucky when, following my keynote for an early childhood organization, a young…
Tech in ECE: Call me a dinosaur if you must
Recently a colleague suggested that I become a liaison between early childhood education and ed…
A tirade against testing
A story from a kindergarten teacher about testing (found here, in Diane Ravitch’s blog) prompted…
Who’s Responsible for the Childhood Obesity Crisis?
Back in 2001, writing in the Los Angeles Times, Brian Doherty ridiculed former surgeon general…