Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School: New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire.

Prof. Alison Gopnik from the Department of Psychology at the University of California addresses new research suggesting the merits of a play-based, exploratory approach to early childhood education and cautions against the movement toward academic preschools.

http://www.slate.com/id/2288402/

Bruce Fuller in the NY Times

IHD co-director Bruce Fuller comments on President Obama's welcomed focus on early childhood development, emphasizing that, while new funding is important, Washington D.C. funds a variety of child care and preschool programs in disparate fashion.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/us/politics/17early.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=%22Bruce%20Fuller%22&st=cse

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