Social Promotion in schools

[Baker, John]

They were calling it that when I was in grade school, c. 1971.


John Baker



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Subject: Social Promotion in schools

How long has it been called that?  My student is writing a paper and can't find a reference earlier than the late 1980s, even though the practice dates back to the 19thC.

BT

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