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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject. You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it. You would be wrong. Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.[/quote] Is this because of "no child left behind?"[/quote] I am the teacher who posted this. It is mostly because our principal makes the final call and can only hold back a certain number of students. It is ridiculous and chances are, the same thing will happen the following year. [/quote] I'm a MS teacher and see this all the time. It varies by school but my principal won't hold students back because he doesn't want to deal with angry parents (and has basically said so though not quite in those terms). We have a lot of interventions in place for students who struggle with academics and the ones who use the supports usually squeak by in the 65-70 range (65 is passing). Our bigger problem is kids who are academically capable of doing the work but just don't. I had a student a few years ago who did not hand in a single written assignment or hw all year. His average for the year was a 27, only bc he did ok on some of the tests. I knew him in 6th grade and he was a B/C student but he failed every course every quarter in 8th grade. We tried numerous interventions as well as counseling support, parents protested every one, principal refused to stand up to his parents and the boy moved on to high school.[/quote]
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