The canonicalists and noncanonicalists fire cannonades of
assertion and invective at one another, each outraged at the refusal of the other to acknowledge the obvious, each muttering
about the dark reasons which must constitute their opponents» real
motivation.
An interview published this week with NPR asks education professor Diane Schanzenbach of Northwestern University
about her
motivation to gather the research on academic redshirting in her recent article for Education Next «Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten: «Redshirting» may do more harm than good,» which challenges Malcolm Gladwell's
assertion that being among the oldest in one's peer group is always an advantage.