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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it DOES come down to not wanting your child to be the youngest in the class. It always comes through in the end on these threads[/quote]

I think the point PP was trying to make is that by redshirting, rather than the youngest child in a class being the youngest by 12 months, the new youngest child is now the youngest by 18 months.

And while these families might not have minded a 12 month difference, they now see an 18 month difference and say "No way!" and so they redshirt, too. And on and on. Now suddenly K is for students who are 6 yo at the beginning of the school year. Rather than this being a decision made by the school or by education experts, it was driven by parents who worried that their child was too short or too shy or too disadvantaged in some other subjective way.

So when people say "My decision has no impact on other kids!" they are being short sighted. They are changing things for other students, other families, and the teachers. [/quote]

Again, can you point to the legitimate, well-conducted studies that show evidence for this belief? An opinion piece from Slate does not count as a well-connected study.

Redshirting is a hot topic. A PhD could make their career with proof that redshirting has caused national kindergarten standards to shift. Why do you and the anti-redshirt posters not have evidence for your theories?

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