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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The claim was we accelerated kids a generation or two ago and now we don't so school curricula have been dumbed down. The response was we've accelerated the curriculum itself/everybody since then, so no, the trend isn't toward dumbing things down. Basically, one size never fits all and when you set the bar low, you promote and when you set the bar high, you redshirt.[/quote]

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A generation ago most 5-year-olds could not read.  The few that could were accelerated or grade skipped.

Today many kids in K can read.  Therefore, the 6 or 7-year-old that can't read may be held back or red shirted since they may not keep up with the 5-year-old peers in the class.  Why should young readers be forced to sit in a classroom for 6 hours with others learning the alphabet and playing with phonics.  The solution is not punishing 5-year-olds because with time and evolution many are now beginning to read and are advanced in mathematics. And if the 6 or 7 year-old is not ready for K in a particular school because of the advanced curriculum then the parents need to find a more appropriate school (perhaps one in which the K curriculum is not advanced) for their child.  Conversely, if the school will not put a 5-year-old that is reading and advanced in arithmetic into their advanced K curriculum then a parent should have enough sense to know what will be a fit for their child.

Many I know rejected the advice of some school systems because it was deemed an inappropriate fit for their child and moved on the other schools.

If a parent decided not to enroll their child in school for whatever reason; that's their prerogative.  Some people homeschool for periods of time then put kids back in school (back and forth). Parents uproot and move and this may cause children to move in and out of schools for periods of time.  The private school and parent will decide the best fit.  If the parent is not satisfied ... move to another school.  If the parent is satisfied with placement (no one cares about motivation --- red shirt or red trouser) then matriculate.

Another parent with an Excel spreadsheet of birth dates is clueless about circumstances of individual boys and girls in the classroom with their child.  These neurotic women should be simply ignored by school administrators or told to head for the private school exit door if they don't like it. The allegation older children are somehow sapping or stealing the intellect, leadership, classroom adoration, roster spot on the soccer team, and growth potential of their own child is preposterous.
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