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Re:The Other Children of Silicon Valley by corysama on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:09PM (#11015461)
"Study finds improved self-regulation in kindergartners who wait a year to enroll" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10571222

Note that the article is not comparing 5 years olds to 6 year olds. It is comparing 11 years olds who started school at 5 vs 11 year olds who started school at 6.

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Re:The Other Children of Silicon Valley by blacksmith_tb on Monday February 01, 2016 @06:36PM (#11016565)
The Finnish school system has a very good reputation, compared to the US, and they start even later, at age 7 [1]

1: http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2014/03/19/finlands-approach-...

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