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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public school boards set these policies. Generally they are hesitant to change a policy if it will make people choose private over public. Since many families in your richer area will switch to private school if the publics disallow redshirting, it's something you will have to live with.

In a mixed income area where the private schools are not that special, a drive to change redshirting policies might get more traction.

The perceived advantages of redshirting dont hold up over time. [b]It's better to be the youngest.[/b][/quote]

Please link the actual studies that show this. Not the People magazine summary you read. Actual studies.

And I’ll give away the end here: I know and can cite all of the relevant studies because I collected them and analyzed them for fun a few years ago, and I’ve kept up with it. Data analysis is something I’m trained it, and I got tired of all the wildly exaggerated statements made on DCUM about redshirting (mostly from anti-redshirters but also some redshirters). So, I tracked down the alleged sources a few years ago for fun.

There is literally nothing that supports language as conclusive as what you wrote. But, maybe there is a new, broad, comprehensive study out there that I’ve missed.  So, please update my citation list for me!

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