Posted by Dee on 1/27/09

Oh my God! I am reading with horror about all the pressure
kindergarten teachers feel! Can someone please wake up-
these children are 5 years old! NCLB is a political thing-
geared for inner city low achieving schools- to help them
make AYP.
For the rest of us- we need to stand up for childhood and a
quality, child friendly education. Let us do what is right!
Yes- a skilled teacher is important, early intervention is
important- BUT- so is developmental education. True story-
this year we have a new kindergarten teacher- my old aide
works in her room- she is a very nice person- she is just
lousy at classroom management- control, plus her lesson
content is really lacking, according to my former aide, who
is very concerned and conscientious. Well,- her DIBELS had
only 2 intervention kids, all others made benchmark. My
point- this had NOTHING to do with skill of classroom
teacher. I want to propose a bet- if kids were allowed to
explore at a leisurely pace they would fare just as well or
better than a kid who had been drilled in nonsense word
fluency. Get a grip!!

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