Candidate for House, Brinker Harding for Congress
Compared on: age when K-12 education begins
THE CLAIM · OCT 22, 2026
“K-12 starts with 5-year-olds in kindergarten”
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THE RECORD
“Children who are close to 6 or already 6 when they begin kindergarten have several advantages over children who start school when they have just turned 5 or are not yet 5 years old.”
Findings from The Condition of Education 2000 NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION... · p. 31 · Read
RECORD AGREES
A National Center for Education Statistics publication describes children beginning kindergarten when they have just turned 5 or are younger.
