It's difficult to read an article like this - I'm sure there are many opinions on something like this, but unfortunately there is not a discussion happening on The New York Times Website.
The school in question, York Avenue Preschool, states that their curriculum focuses on Social Emotional, Cognitive, Language, and Physical Development.
There are so many factors here - the school, the parent, the child, the classroom community, the standards set by New York State, the family's relationship with the school, the curriculum, the school's image of the child and philosophy on education.
Wow, an interesting read. Unfortunately, people have developed such a buy-and-receive mentality that phrases like "we prepare students for the exam" are taken to mean "we guarantee our students an A+" :(
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