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As if Carrot Top weren’t enough

July 18th, 2008 · by map · 4 Comments

More bad news to end the week:

Deming and Dynarski note that, in the last 40 years, almost every state has raised the age at which children can start school. “This change is remarkable,” they write, “given the strong evidence that, in the United States, starting school later decreases educational attainment.”


Ava misses the kindergarten cutoff for the ICCSD by three days, which means she’ll be one of the older kids in her class. I went through the same thing when we moved to Iowa City from Evanston. If anything, I always considered it a bonus that I was older than most of my peers. Obviously, I was never thinking about how much less money I’d earn over the course of my life. How could I have been so naive! Curse my stupid five-year-old self!

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  • http://hillmanfamily.wordpress.com/ JWH

    In California, all a parent has to do is complain and school districts will waive anything…

  • http://hillmanfamily.wordpress.com/ JWH

    In California, all a parent has to do is complain and school districts will waive anything…

  • http://www.philosyphia.com NathanPralle

    I was almost the oldest in my class and it did me no end of good in terms of being the first to do things and so forth. It still, however, did not get me any dates with women looking for older men. GAH.

  • http://www.nathanpralle.com/blog/ Nathan Pralle

    I was almost the oldest in my class and it did me no end of good in terms of being the first to do things and so forth. It still, however, did not get me any dates with women looking for older men. GAH.