In this neck of the woods I have met a number of kids who have been held
back a year with the result that 19 years olds graduating from HS is not
all that uncommon. I was unaware that the policy had been abandoned on a
wide scale.
Paul H. Dillon
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> From: Louise Yarnall <lyarnall who-is-at ucla.edu>
> To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: social promotion
> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:27 AM
>
> Last week I attended a conference where where researcher Lorrie Sheppard
> (sp?) spoke about her studies of retention and social promotion. She
> announced something that I did not know, and I thought it might be news
to
> other on XMCA. Contrary to widespread public perception, there is and
has
> been continued use of retention in many districts across this country. I
> thought that the retention option had been all but abandoned, but
apparently
> I was misinformed.
>
> Louise
>
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> >From: Mike Cole <mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
> >To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu
> >Subject: at risk
> >Date: Wed, Sep 22, 1999, 05:05 PM
> >
>
> >
> > Jennifer-- Yes, we are working with "at risk" kids. Phillip's
> > message about his 3rd graders was all about such kids. Right
> > now the end of social promotion is causing incredible strains
> > all over my part of the world, and my part is relatively
> > affluent and "non-risky" for a significant part of the population.
> >
> > Actually, I wonder if there is anyone on xmca who works with kids
> > who is not working with kids considered "at risk".
> >
> > This category is bugging me a lot also because of the rhetoric
> > of research on adolescent development which is saturated with
> > it. Cynthia Lightfoot's book on adolescents and risk taking
> > behavior is well worth reading for its critical approach to hte
> > issues.
> > mike
> >