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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you have to get more than 3 Fs to fail a grade in DCPS. You can also make those up in summer school, and as long as you get a D there, you pass.[/quote]

I know this is going too much into the weeds for this thread, and most people on here are focused on their child and their child's cohort, but making kids repeat grades (especially more than once, or if they are already old for their grade) has been proven to hurt the situation further. Having older kids in younger grades is not the solution. 
Mandatory summer classes, or other types of classes in the next grade for remediation may work, because a kid who failed a class the previous year will be lost, confused, and not learn much in the next course in the sequence, furthering the likely hood of failure/not showing up in that next class as well. IMO the emphasis/focus needs to be on how to help those kids get what they need to graduate. [/quote]

Nope.

[url]https://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/is-social-promotion-crippling-our-childrens-future-the-debate[/url][/quote]

This is a must-read for anyone defending social promotion. Thank you for sharing.[/quote]

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