Driven 2 Educate

What is the purpose of early care and education? How does our system impact these early years of development? How do we begin building brains instead of putting up barriers early on? And what do we really do about all the problems we currently face? These are the questions that Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak asks in her work training early educators through her company, B2K Solutions. She finds solutions to complex problems such as conducting authentic assessments in an age of accountability, teaching with intention during play, and supporting children in the "messy middle" (i.e., when children are struggling). Kristie spent 16 years, as faculty, at Kent State University. Now, her passion lies in changing the paradigm of early care and education. In Kristie's opinion, the purpose of education has gotten lost. Instead of focusing on children, the focus now lies on paperwork and testing with assessments starting as early as with 3 year olds. Instead of this, there needs to be chaos! There needs to be play and exp