Full-day kindergarten: Put away the pom-poms

So many superlatives. Amazing. Life-changing. Cartwheel inducing. That sums up the reaction to a recent full-day kindergarten press release from Ontario’s Ministry of Education.

Minister of Education Liz Sandals announced on the first day of school that full-day kindergarten is a massive success story. This is based on a research report that the public is not allowed to see until October.

Clearly, it was a political photo opportunity too good to pass up. Yet, there is another side of the story.  (more...)

Full-day kindergarten: Put away the pom-poms