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- 06-14-2010
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By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle
Last fall, 24 kindergarten students walked into teacher Keiko Nobusada's classroom at Oakland's Thornhill Elementary School, their ages ranging from 4 to 6 - with a 19-month gap separating the oldest and youngest. Some knew their letters and numbers. Others struggled to hold a pencil or cut with scissors. "The developmental levels between a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old are so great," Nobusada said. "It's very difficult for that child who turns 5 in November to compete with a child born a year earlier." (more...)
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