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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:24 AM Original message |
Seventeen Percent of Kindergarten Kids Redshirted |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Starting kindergarten later is best for most kids. Ask any teacher. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's better because kindergarten is now watered down 1st grade |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Bingo! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I remember well when they stopped taking naps and having snacks in kindergarten |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Our boys... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. There are always several kids every year who do just that |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. We would get a call from the teacher |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:49 AM Original message |
Congratulations to your kids, but a handful of anecdotes can't be used to justify a national policy |
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flpab (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. late birthdays |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. It sounds like you would have benefited from the old style kindergarten |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. It's not better if kindergarten is a developmental program |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. In our district that was/is pre-kindergarten. That's what my daughter did in her |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. She may have been an honor student with or without the extra year. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. recommended |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. That is shame except for 6th grade instruction in |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. This was a debate that my wife and I had about our |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. homework |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My first-grade son has more assigned reading homework every day than I had in 10th grade |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Homework has become insane |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Don't worry--I have absolutely no doubt about that. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Our district has actually begun to listen to parents' complaints re: homework. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That's great news! |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. How much say do you generally have in it? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. That was my major beef with school when I started first grade |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's the problem, and it goes even a bit farther: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. my son has gone thru the grades as the youngest. he was older than me when he started |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We have a November and 2 December birthdays & all three were CRUSHED |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. lol... i have an oct one too. but again, with so many being held another year, he is not the old |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Our son is the 2nd youngest in his grade. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. Prepping kids to conform to the corporate state (via corp testing) is a sales pitch used on parents. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. They use guilt to shame children and their parents. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I think that fear is more the tool used on them. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Good points. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I wonder how much Google analytics will pay for these test results. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Can someone please explain to me the reason for all this "testing"? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. To comply with federal mandates |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. But what is the result? I realize that's their excuse, but |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The end result is a generation (maybe more) of kids who can't think |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Good test scores=higher grade for schools=more funding money. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. BTW |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Personally I suspect that there are $creative thinker$ BEHIND the uncreative DOE people |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It's always about money, isn't it? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. It's a strategy from "The Wizard of Oz" |
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Peregrine (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. It depends on the intent |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I don't think kindergarteners are being redshirted so they can play football in high school |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You're right--they're being redshirted so that they can play high school football in kindergarten!!! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Well. Considering the Sec of Ed's main qualification is playing bball with the prez |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Those of us with boys should take note. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. my oldest was alway early in development. my youngest always late in development |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 04:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Rather than a love of learning being kindled, I see a lot of social shaping going on |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
48. The problem feeds on itself, as younger ones are less ready to handle |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 04:55 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Great comment. |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. My kid's school district has pushed the cutoff date back to May 1rst |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
51. Kids need to play... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. Careful say something bad about kindergarten and you get dumped on here at DU |
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