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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not an educator so l don’t feel qualified to reply to this.

As a parent who had a kid who was slow to read though, l really wish the US would dial it back.  Seems like kids are expected to learn everything a year earlier than when l was a kid.  Finland starts teaching kids to read at 7 and they have the best public education outcomes in the world.  
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It is simply wrong to imply Finland  believes children can't learn to read until age 7.  That is the start age for compulsory school not when the average Finnish child reads.

Dial it back?  Back to what?  Exactly what should an FCPS school do with the children ages 5-7 who have learned to read?

So then came our move to FCPS.   I had one who by osmosis [ie FCPS whole language] astounded all when picking up a book at age 4 and could read.  I wanted some explanation as to why FCPS was so different than anywhere else we were or had contacts.  I'm not an educator but we lived in another school district prior to FCPS and had enough friends with similar age kids to get solid comparisons.  [/quote]

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