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The new first grade (US schools)
Interesting article about the pressure on young children today.
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The new first grade (US schools)
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toto wrote: Interesting article about the pressure on young children today. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14638573/site/newsweek/ Whew! Scary! I do think that K is more academics-focussed, but that could be because of DS1's school's heavy emphasis on literacy. They seem to expose the kids to things for longer -- so they've started pre-multiplication work, for example. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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