December 18, 2023 | EdSource
Early Edge California Executive Director Patricia Lozano weighs in on the drop in Kindergarten enrollment post-pandemic.
“Asking a 4-year-old to sit in front of a computer for the whole day, it’s totally not what they need,” said Patricia Lozano, director of Early Edge California, a nonprofit organization that advocates for quality early learning. “If you know about child development, you try to avoid screens as much as possible. They need interactions. They need to play.”