I'd be interested to see outcomes for girls who are redshirted. I get that this article is specifically looking at outcomes of boys and addressing an identified issue with boys' performances with respect to girls but I'd imagine that a fair proportion of girls would also benefit from starting a year later.
It seems to me that if the outcome of redshirting all boys is that girls are disadvantaged then we'll be having this conversation again in a few years trying to fix the problem we've created.
The root cause of the problem is, of course, that we have a very structured education system that can't easily cater for individual students' optimal rate of learning. Students that aren't keeping up are faced with being held back an entire year with very real social implications.
It would be great to see a renewed focus on extra support for students who are falling behind.
It seems to me that if the outcome of redshirting all boys is that girls are disadvantaged then we'll be having this conversation again in a few years trying to fix the problem we've created.
The root cause of the problem is, of course, that we have a very structured education system that can't easily cater for individual students' optimal rate of learning. Students that aren't keeping up are faced with being held back an entire year with very real social implications.
It would be great to see a renewed focus on extra support for students who are falling behind.