Education Assignment 9: To Redshirt or not to Redshirt Discussion

Redshirt or not to Redshirt?

NAEYC’s position statement on inappropriate practices in Kindergarten includes the following:

“Delaying children’s entry into school and/or segregating them into extra-year classes actually labels children as failures at the outset of their school experience.”

For this assignment you will need to: 

• (1) take a position on the statement (agree/disagree), and 
• (2) support your position with information from the readings and videos in this module (include citations and references)
• (3) discuss the role of the preschool teacher in determining whether or not a child should be academically redshirted.