/social-promotion Social Promotion en-US 2021 (c) °ÄĂĹĹÜą·ÂŰĚł Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:53:54 GMT /teaching-learning/pandemic-prompts-some-states-to-pass-struggling-3rd-graders/2021/06 As families wrestle with online learning, a pandemic economy and mental health difficulties, some states are delaying 3rd grade retention. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:53:54 GMT /teaching-learning/pandemic-prompts-some-states-to-pass-struggling-3rd-graders/2021/06 /leadership/opinion-schools-are-socially-promoting-students-en-masse-what-comes-next/2020/05 This crisis may provide the opportunity for a bold paradigm shift in education—but only if we embrace personalization, urges Paul Reville. Fri, 22 May 2020 00:08:35 GMT /leadership/opinion-schools-are-socially-promoting-students-en-masse-what-comes-next/2020/05 /policy-politics/in-new-mexico-disagreement-about-3rd-grade-reading-and-social-promotion/2017/01 New Mexico is focused on improving 3rd grade reading proficiency, but state and local education officials disagree about whether parents are being adequately informed and whether students are being inappropriately promoted. Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:08:44 GMT /policy-politics/in-new-mexico-disagreement-about-3rd-grade-reading-and-social-promotion/2017/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-there-is-no-such-thing-as-social-promotion/2016/09 It seems that the promoters of "kids who fail have to be smacked upside the head with their shortcomings" have hit on a recycled tactical meme every educator is familiar with: using "social promotion" as a boogeyman to drive home the point that some kids just don't deserve to move ahead to a new grade. With their peers and friends. Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:27:57 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-there-is-no-such-thing-as-social-promotion/2016/09 /teaching-learning/studies-when-educators-cheat-students-suffer/2016/04 The recent cheating scandals that rocked schools in New York and Georgia exacted a toll on students whose scores were fudged, according to researchers. Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:01:39 GMT /teaching-learning/studies-when-educators-cheat-students-suffer/2016/04 /leadership/districts-weigh-student-retention-with-stigma-of-being-held-back/2014/08 Many districts, including Los Angeles Unified, are not on board with a national push to end social promotion, and instead use mastery of material to determine whether students should move to the next grade. Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:31:55 GMT /leadership/districts-weigh-student-retention-with-stigma-of-being-held-back/2014/08 /education/opinion-what-about-social-promotion/2012/04 With the end of the spring semester rapidly approaching, teachers once again will have to confront the issue of social promotion. For years, research seemed to be on the side of moving students to the next grade whether or not they mastered the material because it showed that holding students back is harmful. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:18:00 GMT /education/opinion-what-about-social-promotion/2012/04 /education/opinion-the-opposite-of-social-promotion/2012/02 Consider that Finnish children begin formal schooling, including reading instruction, at age seven. A single year before Oklahoma, Arizona and Indiana start separating out weak readers by law and labeling them unsuccessful. At age eight. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:56:07 GMT /education/opinion-the-opposite-of-social-promotion/2012/02 /education/opinion-response-thoughts-on-grade-level-retention-social-promotion/2011/09 P.J. Vermont asked: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:07:52 GMT /education/opinion-response-thoughts-on-grade-level-retention-social-promotion/2011/09 /policy-politics/push-to-end-social-promotion-hits-obstacles-in-new-mexico/2011/08 New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's proposal to hold back students in 3rd grade if they can't read at grade level is running into political resistance. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:13:22 GMT /policy-politics/push-to-end-social-promotion-hits-obstacles-in-new-mexico/2011/08 /leadership/chicagos-social-promotion-ban-quietly-fades/2011/05 since 1996, Chicago Public Schools officials have been weakening the ban on social promotion, making it easier for students to clear the bar even if they are doing poorly academically. Wed, 11 May 2011 18:11:12 GMT /leadership/chicagos-social-promotion-ban-quietly-fades/2011/05 /leadership/n-c-scrapping-policy-meant-to-end-social-promotion/2010/10 North Carolina is dropping a policy that required end-of-the-year exams to ensure students were mastering their grade-level subjects. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:01:45 GMT /leadership/n-c-scrapping-policy-meant-to-end-social-promotion/2010/10 /policy-politics/indiana-governor-calls-for-ending-social-promotion/2010/01 Indiana's governor is backing legislation to end "social promotion," but it appears likely to face some serious obstacles. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:38:12 GMT /policy-politics/indiana-governor-calls-for-ending-social-promotion/2010/01 /leadership/opinion-social-promotion-or-retention/2008/10 Teacher Adam Berlin says schools do great harm to young people by not requiring them to earn middle school graduation. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:07:34 GMT /leadership/opinion-social-promotion-or-retention/2008/10 /leadership/opinion-social-promotion-rap-up/2008/01 Yo yo yoWord up to Dan Brown Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:02:57 GMT /leadership/opinion-social-promotion-rap-up/2008/01 /leadership/opinion-guest-post-the-misleading-specter-of-social-promotion/2008/01 Let's give it up for guest blogger Dan Brown, the author of the Bronx teacher memoir, “The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle.” You can email him at danbrownteacher@gmail.com. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:18:54 GMT /leadership/opinion-guest-post-the-misleading-specter-of-social-promotion/2008/01 /leadership/study-finds-kindergarten-retention-harmful/2005/10 Despite policymakers’ continuing pledges to end “social promotion,” a new national study suggests that, when it comes to kindergartners, schools do more harm than good by making struggling pupils repeat a grade. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:39:12 GMT /leadership/study-finds-kindergarten-retention-harmful/2005/10 /leadership/fla-board-seeks-social-promotion-ban-in-all-grades/2005/01 Florida could become the first state to require students to pass a reading test to advance at every grade level, under a plan approved by the state school board last week. Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:07:00 GMT /leadership/fla-board-seeks-social-promotion-ban-in-all-grades/2005/01 /leadership/n-y-c-to-retain-low-scoring-5th-graders/2004/09 New York City school leaders, who only months ago withstood intense criticism for holding back 3rd graders who failed city tests, have announced that the program was so successful they plan to expand it to 5th grade. Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:04:00 GMT /leadership/n-y-c-to-retain-low-scoring-5th-graders/2004/09 /leadership/social-promotion/2004/09 Research suggests promoting unprepared students does little to increase the achievement but it also shows holding them back is negative. Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:00:07 GMT /leadership/social-promotion/2004/09 /leadership/studies-fault-results-of-retention-in-chicago/2004/04 Many pupils who are held back in grades 3, 6, and 8 in the Chicago public schools do not benefit from retention, and some do worse than students who are promoted without additional help, according to two major studies released last week. Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:00:00 GMT /leadership/studies-fault-results-of-retention-in-chicago/2004/04 /leadership/opinion-get-rid-of-retention-and-social-promotion/2004/03 Retention and social promotion are the educational equivalent of Dr. Doolittle’s two-headed llama—going nowhere and wasting a lot of energy in the process, writes journalist John Merrow. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-get-rid-of-retention-and-social-promotion/2004/03 /leadership/mayors-firm-hand-over-n-y-c-schools-sparks-new-debate/2004/03 Mayoral control of the New York City schools was at the center of renewed debate last week, after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg replaced two members of the city’s education policymaking board to ensure enough votes for a controversial plan he backed to end social promotion. Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/mayors-firm-hand-over-n-y-c-schools-sparks-new-debate/2004/03 /leadership/more-chicago-pupils-flunk-grade/2002/10 For six years, Chicago has conducted a high-profile crackdown on social promotion, touting it as a no-nonsense way to ensure that students literally make the grade. But now, the country's third-largest school district is flunking more students than ever, stirring new life into an old debate about whether retaining students is harmful or helpful. Includes the table, "Chicago Summer School Results." Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:00:00 GMT /leadership/more-chicago-pupils-flunk-grade/2002/10 /education/good-news-social-promotion-is-in-decline/2002/03 Percent of teaches who say their schools automatically promote students who have reached a maximum age: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 15:00:00 GMT /education/good-news-social-promotion-is-in-decline/2002/03 /leadership/ga-oks-social-promotion-ban-as-texas-revisits-its-own/2001/03 The movement to end social promotion got a boost last week from the Georgia legislature. And it seemed to be holding its own in Texas, where an effort to slow down new promotion requirements lost potentially crucial support from state leaders. Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/ga-oks-social-promotion-ban-as-texas-revisits-its-own/2001/03 /leadership/social-promotion-ban-advances-in-georgia/2001/03 Georgia children who enter 3rd grade in 2003 would have to pass a state reading test to be promoted to the next grade, and 5th and 8th graders would face similar requirements in later years, under a bill passed by the state Senate last week. Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/social-promotion-ban-advances-in-georgia/2001/03 /leadership/state-journal/2001/01 Ready or not? Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/state-journal/2001/01 /leadership/extra-instruction-helps-boston-students-make-the-grade/2000/10 Boston's $21 million, full-court press to help low-performing students in grades 3, 6, and 9 is showing promise, a report by the district concludes. Wed, 04 Oct 2000 14:00:00 GMT /leadership/extra-instruction-helps-boston-students-make-the-grade/2000/10 /leadership/chicago-study-questions-results-of-retention/2000/09 Although districts across the nation have been watching—and often copying—Chicago's efforts to ensure that students are prepared for grade-level work, a new report questions the city's policy of retaining students rather than promoting them with their peers. Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:00:00 GMT /leadership/chicago-study-questions-results-of-retention/2000/09