Accelerated education, taken to the nth degree

Barb Shelly:

The big news out of New York City is that the admissions test for the city's gifted kindergarten programs is about to get tougher.

News organizations report that a portion of the current test, which assesses which 4-year-olds have an exceptional grasp of shapes, colors and numbers, will be replaced with a way to better gauge logic and reasoning skills.

It's about time, is all I can say. The last thing we need in this country is a bunch of overrated preschoolers coasting into gifted kindergarten.

Wait a second ... gifted kindergarten?

You have got to be kidding.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 21, 2012 2:39 AM
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