Early Learning Does Not Work

02/17/2014

Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they’re not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.
Sir Ken Robinson 1950 - 2020

I like to highlight stories reporting on the good results of our work. However, I think it is also important for us to examine the views of our critics. In this light I urge you to read the article, "Nurturing Children: Why 'early learning' doesn't help" reporting the views of Canadian developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld:

"For Dr. Neufeld, the capacity for healthy relationships is meant to unfold in the first six years of life. 'It’s a very basic agenda,' he says. 'By the fifth year of life if everything is continuous and safe then emotional intimacy begins. A child gives his heart to whomever he is attached to and that is an incredibly important part….The first issue is always to establish strong, deep emotional connections with those who are raising you. And that should be our emphasis in society. If we did this, we would send our children to school late, not early.'"

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