A Call to Action on the Education of Young Children 

October 2006 – Experts express deep concern that current trends in early education, fueled by political pressure, are leading to an emphasis on unproven methods of academic instruction and unreliable standardized testing that can undermine learning and damage young children’s healthy development. See also,  Comments from Signers on Call to Action and Call to Action Background and References  

 

Children from Birth to Five: Academics Versus Play 

December 2005 - A statement prepared for members of Congress and signed by leading educators and health professionals. It calls for greater emphasis on play-based learning in preschool.

 

High Stakes Testing

April  2001 - A group of the nation's most prominent psychiatrists, child development authorities, and educators called today for President Bush and Congress to "rethink the current rush to make American children take even more standardized tests." 

 

Computers and Children

September 2000 – A wide array of experts  release a statement about the ways computers are reshaping children's lives, at home and at school, in profound and unexpected ways. Common sense suggests that we consider the potential harm, as well as the promised benefits, of this change and not rush forward with computer usage in childhood.