Early academic training has become an obsession among child development experts and teachers of young children as the Common Core standards have encroached upon the earliest years of schooling. Kindergarten has already undergone a radical transformation. University of Virginia researchers Daphna Bassok and Anna Rorem found that in 2006, 65% of kindergarten teachers -- more than double the number in 1998 -- thought most children should learn to read on their watch. Meanwhile, the exposure to social studies, science, music, and art -- the staples of a well-rounded early childhood education ...
