Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning

Explore why high-quality kindergarten is both possible and necessary with author and Senior Fellow Laura Bornfreund in conversation with the Hechinger Report’s Christina Samuels. Hosted by New America’s Early and Elementary Education Policy program and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR). Kindergarten should be a year defined by curiosity, joy, and the kind of playful, rigorous learning that lays a foundation for everything that follows. Instead, for too many young students, it is overly scripted, under-resourced, and features few experiences that matter most for young learners. A new book by New America Senior Fellow Laura Bornfreund makes the case for changing that, showing why high-quality kindergarten is both possible and necessary. Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning takes you inside more than 50 classrooms nationwide. It shows how educators, administrators, and policymakers can address long-standing achievement gaps while also allaying academic pressures in the early elementary grades. ==================================== We are dedicated to renewing the promise of America by continuing the quest to realize our nation's highest ideals, honestly confronting the challenges caused by rapid technological and social change, and seizing the opportunities those changes create. Subscribe to our channel for new videos on a wide range of policy issues: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Subscribe to The Week Ahead and other newsletters: http://www.newamerica.org/subscribe/# Visit newamerica.org