The youngest kids in a class are more likely to be treated for ADHD - immaturity mistaken for mental disorder. 
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NO upside to being the youngest kid in the class. NONE. Redshirting is a life strategy: http://cultofpedagogy.com/academic-redshirting/ …
The trouble with this strategy is that if everyone does it, all you've done is move the de facto age cutoff.
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I'm afraid my coloring and handwriting still wouldn't pass muster!
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Unless a more flexible alignment of age w/grade means kids r more oft put in the grade thats right 4 them
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change the paradigm - start a new class every quarter, qualify, then promote according to ability.
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French solution : everyone at school at 3. Kindergarten from as early as possible. Done.
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My wife and I have been talking about this lately, and I had no idea it was a 'thing'
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Redshirting is a privilege that many families cannot afford, though.
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indeed, it seems better to have a rolling schoolyear. 2-4 beginnings.
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