It is a noticeable fact that the curriculum has changed a lot in recent decades. Previously, learning in preschool education was about fun and joy for children. But what do we have now? Children who are constantly learning.

If you look deeper into history, you can observe how the approach to preschool education has evolved. Until a certain point, the number of preschools was relatively low. However, this changed in the 1980s when women got large-scale access to work.

Initially, preschool education took the form of kindergartens, allowing children to have fun rather than hit the books. But things were not so great. Over the next 30 years, material inequalities began to develop rapidly, and they also strongly impacted the learning process. The No Child Left Behind legislation of the early 2000s was supposed to stop this terrible situation.

Today, preschools in the United States work under the CCSS (Common Core State Standards). In short, it is a collection of state standards for learning that sets goals for each subject. Achieving this goal is all that teachers strive for when working with a child. This means that the individual characteristics of the child are not considered. And this is extremely wrong.

Standardization turns learning into a monotonous process. All preschoolers are supposed to get the identical result by studying the same program. This creates a gap between children who can learn according to these standards and those who need a different approach. Based on this, there is a difference between high-quality and low-quality preschool education. A one-size-fits-all approach to each child should remain in the past and be replaced by quality education. It means prioritizing children's opinions, communication, and relationships.