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Giving Up on 4-Year Olds: A Societal Indictment

Early childhood development, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, Social Justice

Giving Up on 4-Year Olds: A Societal Indictment

The New York Times published an editorial today, detailing a new report released by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of our country’s 97,000 public schools. Giving up on 4-Year Olds is the ultimate indictment of a so-called civilized society. In truth, critical analysis of public policy suggests we are already giving up [...]

By ronnie stangler| March 27th, 2014|Early childhood development, Empathy, Empathy Inequality, Social Justice|0 Comments

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Limits of Trying to Close the Knowledge Gap, Word by Word

Early childhood development, Empathy, Social Justice

Limits of Trying to Close the Knowledge Gap, Word by Word

Today's New York Times features a hopeful article, Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word, about the impact of exposing children, especially those of poverty, to greater quantity and quality of vocabulary. This current trend, greatly espoused by Hillary Clinton's Too Small To Fail initiative is absolutely laudable. But while words are undoubtedly [...]

By ronnie stangler| March 25th, 2014|Early childhood development, Empathy, Social Justice|0 Comments