Joanne JacobsSep 29, 20231 min readEveryone passes -- or else! Universities will have to push failing students above the 50 percent mark or pay hefty fines under legislation proposed by the Australian...
Joanne JacobsMay 30, 20232 min readIt's summer school or else for would-be fourth graders in TennesseeThousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...
Joanne JacobsMar 13, 20232 min readWhen 3rd-graders can't read, should they repeat the grade?Third graders who read more than a year below grade level will be passed on to fourth grade in Michigan, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen...