Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
New research in early cognitive development shows 5-year-olds can handle more intellectual challenges than schools currently throw at them.
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While the debate over new Common Core standards' higher expectations for kindergarteners has raged around whether kindergarten is too academic, pushing out play for more structured learning time, George Brown Elementary in San Bernardino school is going in the other direction. It's exposing its youngest students to complex learning that goes way beyond the standards.