"The data" says 3rd grade retention is academic fraud; basic humanity says it's barbaric child abuse.
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Run a thought experiment with me. Imagine if Kelli Stargel and Richard Corcoran singled out 8-year-olds who score lower on standardized reading tests than their peers. Imagine they ordered local educators to line up these 8-year-olds in the streets; and then, as punishment or motivation, they ordered these educators to kick those children in the teeth with steel-toed boots.
"The data" says 3rd grade retention is academic fraud; basic humanity says it's barbaric child abuse.
"The data" says 3rd grade retention is…
"The data" says 3rd grade retention is academic fraud; basic humanity says it's barbaric child abuse.
Run a thought experiment with me. Imagine if Kelli Stargel and Richard Corcoran singled out 8-year-olds who score lower on standardized reading tests than their peers. Imagine they ordered local educators to line up these 8-year-olds in the streets; and then, as punishment or motivation, they ordered these educators to kick those children in the teeth with steel-toed boots.