Cool article describing some data that shows that kids with behavior problems do not necessarily remain troubled.

“I think these may become landmark findings, forcing us to ask whether these acting-out kinds of problems are secondary to the inappropriate maturity expectations that some educators place on young children as soon as they enter classrooms,” said Sharon Landesman Ramey, director of the Georgetown University Center on Health and Education, who was not connected with either study.

Especially as elementary classrooms become more academic (smirk) these sorts of studies will be crucial.