EJ606466 EA537210
Title: A Children's Garden No More.Author(s): Bracey, Gerald W.
Source: Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n9 p712-13 May 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0031-7217
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV2000
"America's Kindergartners," a National Center for Education
Statistics report, suggests that kindergarten is becoming increasingly
academic. Children's scores on the 1998-99 Early Childhood Study-Kindergarten reflected their mothers' educational and racial/ethnic
backgrounds. Two-thirds of black and Hispanic kids fall into the
lowest general-knowledge quartile. (MLH)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior; Attention Span; Kindergarten;
*Mathematics Achievement; *Minority Groups; *Reading Achievement;
*School Readiness; Student Behavior; *Young Children
Identifiers: Department of Education; *National Center for Education
Statistics
