Spread the loveIn this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction in classrooms and eliminate the need for retention and social promotion if combined effectively. While reading this series, periodically ask yourself this question: Why are educators, parents and the American public complicit in a practice that does demonstrable harm to children and the competitive future of the country? Today’s practice of retaining students is a far cry from what took place in America’s earliest public school classrooms.  Before assessing the … Continue reading Pass or Fail: Retention and its Roots in Early American Public Education