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Direct linkDrummond, Mary Jane – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2004
In the past, there were no four-year-olds to be found in infant or primary schools. The statutory school age of five had been established in 1870, after a hurried and confused debate in the House of Commons; one hundred years later, it was a regulation still honoured in practice. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, children started school in the term…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Primary Education, School Entrance Age, School Policy
Download full textHitz, Randy; Massoni, Betty – 1989
Findings of a recent Oregon Department of Education survey of elementary school principals are reported. In fall, 1988, questionnaires were mailed to 789 elementary school principals in the state. A total of 694 responded. The survey was designed to provide insight into important trends in kindergarten and first grade. The following topics were…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Trends, Grade Repetition, Grade 1
