I find it disturbing that the author of this letter chooses to ignore the plethora of salient, recent research conducted by well-known educators and specialists regarding the benefits of full day kindergarten, and instead chooses to rely on the dissertation of a graduate student for his claims. In addition, the dissertation actually discusses implementing developmentally appropriate practices in the kindergarten classroom (i.e. the need for appropriate social and developmental activities) rather than simply picking whether full-day or half-day is the better choice. With the implementation of the Common Core (which is a state-wide mandate, not Barrington specific), how will we implement the social and developmental activities/curriculum that the author of this dissertation speaks so highly of in a 3 hour day?
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