All Work and No Play…: How Educational Reforms Are Harming Our Preschoolers (Childhood in America)
By Sharna Olfman.
Description
Educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development and sometimes fueling mental illness. These experts, including a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, explain why play is not a luxury, but rather a necessity of learning.Testing and technology has become a mantra in American schools, reaching down as far as kindergarten and preschool as politicians and policymakers aim to ensure that our country has a competitive edge in today's information-based ec...
ISBN(s)
0275977684, 9780275977689
