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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't redshirt my july bday son, but ONLY because I found a public Montessori program for him.  There is no way in hell I would send my barely 5 year old into a k classroom of today with its [b]rigid focus on accelerated academics.[/b]  A k class of the 1970s and 80s, absolutely.  Here's the thing, K has changed a lot since we were in it and it is no longer developmentally appropriate for a good portion of kids with summer or later birthdays, boys especially.  No way would I set up my kid  for a lifetime of hating school because we happen to live in at the end of a pendulum swing toward inappropriate too-riguous academics.  When K is again 1/2 day of play-based education (as it was for me), redshirting will disappear.[/quote]

Rigid focus on accelerated academics? Or a remedial curriculum, per the PP? Or accelerated and remedial at the same time? SO CONFUSING!!!!![/quote]

I think it's both. A remedial academic oriented curriculum is how I'd characterize most kindergartens. Like spending two weeks on shape recognition while sitting at a desk. Not enough play and not enough challenge either. The thing is, the redshirted kids still have to go through kindergarten whether they go on time or not.[/quote]

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