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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fine, we're taking away your neighborhood school and putting in a school that your kid won't be able to attend because they didn't win the lottery. Happy now?

Or you do win the lottery, but your kid isn't reading at the end of kindergarten. Not reading before 7 is developmentally appropriate, but ATS says your kid has to repeat K. Happy now?[/quote]

Yes, very happy.

Disagree totally with the premise that not reading at all before 7 is “developmentally appropriate”. Please cite published peer-reviewed study with a large sample size and good statistical controls.[/quote]

But Finland does it!!!  :roll: [/quote]

DP. Finland doesn't start formal education until age 7; but that's irrelevant of the developmental appropriateness of reading. I'm betting a lot of kids are already reading or starting to read before they enter Finland's public schools.
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That's great. Finland and the US aren't comparable. Here are a few facts:

1) Finnish families care a lot about education. Most Finnish kids are reading by the time they start school.
2) Finnish parents are able to spend time with their kids. They have lots of parental leave and jobs are more flexible. They work less hours
3) Poverty is less of a problem in Finland than it is in the US
4) The Finnish population is less diverse. There is a smaller immigrant population.

All of the above makes education in Finland very different than education in the US.[/quote]

All of which is irrelevant to whether or not reading before age 7 is "developmentally appropriate." [/quote]

Many children have no trouble reading before 7. There’s a range of normal. (Similar to learning to walk. Many babies walk well before their first birthday, yet it doesn’t mean there’s a problem if they don’t walk until 15 months…)

And regarding Finland, the attitude toward education is completely different. A teacher was interviewed, asking if he treats his immigrant students with more compassion than the others. His answer was no. That it would do them a disservice by expecting less.[/quote]

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