«To impose a strict structure on
children in kindergarten totally violates what we know about early childhood development,» says David Elkind, a professor of child development at Tufts University.
I know, and a lot of teachers know, they're
totally inappropriate for
children in kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade, because when they were written there was no one on various writing committees who was an expert
in early childhood education... They're also
totally inappropriate for
children who have disabilities — they can't keep up.