For K–12 education, 2023 was a year spent over a threshold. Schools had one foot in the shutdown era, still struggling to restore a sense of normalcy that disappeared in 2020. A steep rise in behavioral and disciplinary issues, which many teachers hoped would be only the temporary product of COVID’s generational disruption to routines, […]
Underperforming Indiana third graders who are held back show significant progress for the next five years, a research study has found. The study examined data from 2011-12 to 2016-17 and found that students who were retained in third grade scored about 18 points higher in English language arts and math in fourth grade than low-performing […]
If someone I care about has a piece of food stuck in their teeth, or a tag is sticking out the back of their shirt, I tell them. I believe telling them the truth is the kind thing to do. Likewise, when students are struggling, failing to turn in work or at risk of falling […]
Holding back struggling readers in elementary school can yield benefits that extend in surprising directions, a recently released study suggests. In addition to improving academic performance for targeted students, the authors determine that younger siblings in the same families also see greater success in school in subsequent years. The study, circulated as a working paper […]