Press Releases

 

Press Release: Free Play Is the Missing Link in Anti-Obesity Campaign, Says Children’s Health Group

February 5, 2010

Exercise and nutrition programs alone won’t turn the tide of fatness.

 

Press Release: Testing of Kindergartners Is Out of Control, Says Children's Advocacy Group in New Report

March 27, 2009

Studies show standardized tests and test prep are now daily activities in many kindergartens. Why?

 

Press Release: Kindergarten Playtime Disapears, Raising Alarm on Children's Learning and Health

March 20, 2009

New studies show play losing out to formal lessons and tests even though multiple benifits of imaginative play are well documented. A brief version of this release is also available.

 

Press Release: School Failure and Lack of Play

October 12, 2006

Too little time for unstructured play leads to increased stress for children and parents and may be linked to later school failure. 

 

Press Release: Experts Say: Put Stress on Play, Not on Children,

Dec. 6, 2005

A call to end the growing stress and pressure in preschool and kindergarten which are having an ill effect on children.

 

Press Release: Child Advocates Challenge Current Ed Tech Standards,

Sept. 30, 2004

New report says government and high-tech industry thrust expensive and unproven technology on schools, hurting children and undermining real technology literacy. 

 

Press Release: Killjoy Toys: Beware of Playthings That Snuff Out Play,

Nov. 20, 2003

The Alliance for Childhood, in collaboration with TRUCE, issues a warning to parents about unhealthy products sold as toys that inhibit rather than promote imaginative, creative play.

 

Press Release: Rethink High-Stakes Testing

April 25, 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."    

 

Press Release: Experts Call for Time-Out from Push for High-Tech Childhood,

Sept. 12, 2000

Billions are being spent on computers in kindergarten and elementary schools with little indication that they are necessary for long-term learning.