When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?
By ELIZABETH WEIL
Published: June 3, 2007
New York Times
This article examines the implications of a child’s school start age on achievement as measured by standardized testing. The author includes some interesting information about education trends in the U.S. resulting from the pressure on children and schools to ‘perform’.
…when the 22 kindergartners entered Jane Andersen’s class at the Glen Arden Elementary School near Asheville, N.C., one warm April morning, each brought with her or him a snack and a unique set of gifts and challenges, which included for some what’s referred to in education circles as “the gift of time”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/magazine/03kindergarten-t.html