With each passing year I am watching teachers ditch old lessons geared for creative development in exchange for advanced topics. For example kindergarteners no longer have coloring time but instead are practicing early math skills. Even my grandmother, a retired kindergarten teacher frequently comments on the advanced topics replacing old lessons. Frequently, the new topics throw out creative thinking for logical thinking like math and reading. Why schools are shifting to this new form of education is a whole other topic itself. Perhaps schools who implement the new structure see improvements in academics or ACT scores. If so there’s no doubt it would cause a diffusion effect of other schools following suit. Regardless it seems very necessary to monitor the effects of changing curriculum especially in young
With each passing year I am watching teachers ditch old lessons geared for creative development in exchange for advanced topics. For example kindergarteners no longer have coloring time but instead are practicing early math skills. Even my grandmother, a retired kindergarten teacher frequently comments on the advanced topics replacing old lessons. Frequently, the new topics throw out creative thinking for logical thinking like math and reading. Why schools are shifting to this new form of education is a whole other topic itself. Perhaps schools who implement the new structure see improvements in academics or ACT scores. If so there’s no doubt it would cause a diffusion effect of other schools following suit. Regardless it seems very necessary to monitor the effects of changing curriculum especially in young