Taking Back Kindergarten

Recording: Taking Back Kindergarten, Date TBA

As their bridge to schooling, kindergarten can bring structure to children’s natural curiosity. But many K classrooms today are structured like those of later grades: focusing on academic competencies over foundational social-emotional, cognitive, and motor skills. If we’re serious about improving outcomes across the K-12 continuum, we need to recommit to developmentally appropriate instruction, to guided, play-based, whole-child learning. It’s time to take back kindergarten.



Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Shayna Cook

The Bainum Family Foundation

Vincent Costanza

Teaching Strategies LLC

Sandy Husk

AVID Center

Sara Mead

Bellwether Education Partners