My San Antonio – Michelle Koidin Jaffee
“Delaying kindergarten has become a hot topic among parents and educators since the publication of Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 bestseller “Outliers,” in which he spotlights the rise of Canadian hockey players related to their birthdays. He finds a significantly disproportionate number of elite hockey players have birthdays in January, February and March and draws a link to the Jan. 1 cutoff birth date for youth hockey leagues.”(more)