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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
What they used to do is have kids repeat a grade if they were struggling to master the material. Then it was decided that this was somehow too cruel to kids. Though, nobody seems to have figured out that it's even more cruel to kids to set them up for lifelong failure by not giving them a second chance to catch up, than it is to have them suffer the great indignity or whateverthefuck of having a second chance. The bleeding hearts these days don't seem to even want to give kids a chance to catch up via reading labs, math labs, summer programs, lest it make them feel singled out and feel different than their peers. Touchy-feely has pushed learning to the sidelines, IMHO.

Actually it was decided (based on actual research) that retention did not improve academic performance but did increase the likelihood that the student would drop out of school.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leade...l65/num06/Grade-Retention.aspx[/quote]

This is true.  These kids drop out of school.  If you don't give kids a way to find success, they drop out.  Giving them test after test that they fail pretty much "fails them".  What is needed are more voc-tech programs where they can find success and have a marketable skill.  But I'm sure that would be "cheating them" or "poor implementation" or "low standards" or something.

I have a kid right now whose dad dropped out of school.  The dad can see that his son has the same cognitive issues that he had.  He wants his son to get some trade skills---like electronics---but we have no resources to do that where he is.  He's going to end up just like his dad---we haven't gained anything with him.  It is so sad.  BTW, the dad and his son are homeless.  [/quote]

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