What Early-Childhood Accountability Can Learn From K-12's Mistakes

August 26, 2019

By Thomas S. Dee

The 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" has become an enduring classic partly because of an engaging plot line in which the protagonist has repeated opportunities to make better decisions. In early-childhood education, state and local stakeholders currently have a compelling "Groundhog Day" opportunity of their own. Versions of the controversial accountability reforms that have become commonplace in K-12 schools over the last 30 years have recently and quietly spread throughout the early-childhood sector. These recent reforms present a fresh new chance to get it right and to avoid the missteps that have ...