DRAFT [Please email your support, allowing your name to be included, and any edits ASAP to paul.thomas@furman.edu] NCTE ...
DRAFT [Please email your support, allowing your name to be included, and any edits ASAP to paul.thomas@furman.edu] NCTE Resolution: Grade Retention as Flawed Education and Reading Policy Grade retention as a major element in education and reading policy has been adopted by at least 14 states, with 32+ states linking reading intervention to high-stakes testing (Rose, 2012). These policies ignore fo
The Answer Sheet: Does holding kids back a year help them academically? No. But schools still do it.
Does holding kids back a year help them academically? No. But schools still do it.
Cashing in on Journalism’s Neutral Pose
As I have highlighted several times about how often education journalism fails the democratic goals of both the free press and universal public education, this Tweet from Juana Summers at NPR represents the power of the neutral pose among journalists: @plthomasEdD I’m not sure it’s my place to say whether the study is credible, but we both note the significant criticism of the methods. — Juana Sum
9-6-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Loadbang Concert & RecordingLoadbang Concert & Recording This will include music by my friend Peter Kay.1 by plthomasedd / 2h SEP 04Grade Retention ResearchGrade Retention Research Alexander, K.L., Entwisle, D.R., & Dauber, S.L. (1994). On the success of failure: A reassessment of the effect
