Posted on June 7, 2009 at 2:11 pm by The Education Gadfly
Event video: The Cons and Pros of Universal Preschool
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June 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
My comment is that the discussion on PreK needing to prepare kids for K-3 curriculum lacked enough specifics. There are university-based and government funded programs that have explicit literacy curriculums that have been operating for a few years with sound results. Why don’t we discuss if letter naming, letter-sound correspondence, etc.should be part of Pre-K programs with appropriate assessments. Cneckers focusing on “cognitive skills” is too vague and hard to measure. It would obviate the discussion about whether middle-class kids need a direction instruction approach in PreK and would clearly help determine what percentage of all kids need a more intensive literacy focused curricculum. We know more today about what works to enhance literacy, and it should be part of the discussion on PreK reform and expansion.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Nice event-here’s a question for Ms. Mead:
http://jaypgreene.com/2009/06/09/question-for-sara-mead/