[Edling] US - Students face being held back after a year of remote learning

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Politico

Students face being held back after a year of remote learning

By some estimates, nearly 66 percent of third graders in Tennessee are not
meeting English language standards and would be flagged for automatic
retention under the new law. Other states have similarly staggering
figures. If the laws are applied as written, that suggests hundreds of
thousands of American school children may not advance to the next grade,
causing bottlenecks in school systems and larger class sizes that could
clog the nation’s education system for years to come.

Full story:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/repeat-school-year-482336
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