United to Counter The Common Core Agenda Through Mobilization

Inappropriate expectations continue to trickle down to our youngest students, despite objections that young children perform best when allowed to explore and use their natural curiosity to guide them.  This article confirms just that, by citing two separate studies performed by researchers at MIT and UC Berkeley.  Although the study is 4 years old, the findings are particularly relevant, given the current climate in which preschoolers are expected to conform and produce, rather than learn and discover.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/03/why_preschool_shouldnt_be_like_school.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top