There comes a time in every young person's life when crucial decisions about education must be made. Skills are sized up. The future hangs in the balance. Today, experts across the country say those children need to come ready.
Many parents agonize as school age approaches.
By the time they get to college, you know who they are better . Enrollment in the school's transitional kindergarten class has more than doubled for the coming school year, filling with children whose parents think they need an extra year to prepare. No one is arguing about the importance of early learning. And they say school systems that focus on testing prekindergartners don't understand how young children develop. It's things like being curious, being able to persist, being able to focus attention, being able to form relationships with other children and adults.