By: Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail
Back in September, when school opened, Ontario’s Liberal government made headlines with a good-news story. Its costly venture into full-day kindergarten was a complete success – the research said so! Kids with two years of full-day kindergarten showed measurably more cognitive and social progress than kids without it. Education Minister Liz Sandals called the results “nothing short of incredible.” Charles Pascal, a leading advocate of full-day kindergarten, said the study proved it’s a “life-changer.”
Unfortunately, the full research report was not yet available. Something about the i’s being dotted and t’s being crossed.
Now it is available. But you haven’t heard about it, because the results are terrible... READ MORE...