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CAT Tracks for June 2, 2016
'THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS' |
From the New York Times
CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
That's all well and good...
...I agree with everything he said, they said.
Sadly...
...the article ignores some basic math:
Add up the number of hours that a child spends in class on a given pre-school day...
...and subtract that number from 24 (hours in a day)...
...and that doesn't count weekends, holidays, and summers off...
...all time not-so-well spent in their poverty-ridden environments, not counting the aforementioned drugs and alcohol before, during, and after their births.
Can that limited quality time really overcome that vast quantity time?
Pre-school teachers (like their K-12 colleagues) are fighting a valiant but losing battle trying to achieve the impossible dream...
...and like their much-maligned colleagues, they will be branded failures by the scapegoating reformers and politicians.
That said...
...they will do it because, well, they are teachers.
It's what we do...
