What is best for my son?

[SDFoundGirl]

BBJ~

I totally agree, your son just has a raging case of BOY. There are a gazillion studies out there about the differing needs of boys and what, developmentally, they're able to do. Schools are really set up for compliant girls.

Jeff~

The reason KG has changed so much is because of NCLB and high stakes testing. Teachers often have no control over what they're required to teach or how they have to teach it. I left my first district because it had gotten to the point where each day was scripted, and there was no leeway for kids who didn't get it or who were absent. The lessons were also devoid of any sense of audience.

I teach in a school now that believes we can educate children well enough for the tests by teaching in a hands-on, constructivist manner. Kindergarteners have their own playground, and the teachers take them out for breaks as they need them. There's also lots of active learning...digging in the garden to plant seeds or find worms; trips to farms; learning centers where kids are composing their own "books" or building with blocks or using food items to learn math.

It's the focus on one really flawed test that has sucked the life out of school in many (not all) cases.

SD