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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a worry that having kids repeat a grade increases the chance they will drop out before they graduate [/quote]
why not just have the HS kid go to continuing education at community college? I think that's what they did back in my day, in the 80s.

A kid who graduates only reading at an ES level and can barely do math serves no one, least of all the kid.[/quote]

Kids do take part in that. You’re just not aware of it. See Edison HS in MCPS.[/quote]
I'm well aware of Edison HS as we get emails about it from our HS, but that's not the same.  Those are vocational schools, and[b] they don't teach reading and math.[/b]

Here's a story of what happens when schools just pass a student along:

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/baltimore-city-student-graduates-without-learning-read-patterson-high-school-project-baltimore-debora-prestileo

https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/77-tested-at-baltimore-high-school-read-at-elementary-level-71-at-kindergarten

https://katv.com/news/nation-world/about-3-test-at-grade-level-in-math-and-reading-at-one-baltimore-high-school

Baltimore city is a high poverty area. Passing these kids is not helping them get out of poverty.[/quote]

Of course they do.

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