Sunday, July 17, 2011

Quotes from Child Development leaders

“Most school districts put a premium on success at third grade, when high-stakes tests are first administered. It’s a strategy very much like waiting until you’re 60 before getting serious about retirement savings.”
Samuel J. Meisels, Erikson Institute, Early Ed Watch, July 11, 2011

Regardless of the history of IQ tests in the family, if I see nurturing, warm, interactive people who read emotional signals well and interact well, usually I see happy, competent and bright children,”

3 comments:

Debbie0129 said...

Your first quote is so interesting. I never could understand why we wait until things happen instead of trying to prevent them in the first place!

Tammie said...

I always want to be proactive and I do not know why when it came to education in early childhood that no one thought of this before now. I am just happy that something was done in order to put the needs of the children first.

tiffany said...

I actually found your quote to be entertaining. I agree that by waiting to put such and emphasis on such a large test until third grade is silly. That really does seem like reaching 60 and saying hmm maybe I should think about saving for retireing...