Should we be holding students back? What do we do with students who are academically ahead of their peers?
Join Coach Toni as she discusses the following anonymous submission:
"Unpopular opinion: we need to go back to holding students back a grade if they do not show the requisite skills to move on, regardless of how it emotionally impacts them (this is the most common argument I hear against holding students back. I'm not encouraging that we emotionally hurt students). I'm getting really depressed reading reports about how many high school students can't read above a kindergarten level. I'm talking specifically about students that have spent elementary through high school in American public school systems. If they are falling behind, why push them on? Thoughts on the matter?"
