Ga. Chief Takes Aim at NAEYC Materials

By Deborah L. Cohen

Georgia state schools Superintendent Linda C. Schrenko backed off last week from an earlier threat to stop state-funded pre-kindergarten programs from using any materials published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

But she said the state education department would review the state's pre-K program and issue new guidelines that were more "academically based."

In a news release early this month, Ms. Schrenko had announced that the state would eliminate any reference to the NAEYC, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, in its guidelines for the Georgia pre-K program. She also threatened to cut off state money to any program that did not stop...