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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Literacy is really important. According to the study, Indiana’s grade retention policy was in effect from the 2011-2012 through 2016-2017 school years.

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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study – published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) – examined data of students in Boston Public Schools during the 2007–08 to 2017–18 school years, of which 3,515 took part in the Boston Debate League.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Similarly, our second finding suggests that kindergarten assessments predicted the resegregation of these boys and girls in special education, compared to white girls, by third grade. Minorities are disproportionately underrepresented in special education: Longitudinal evidence across five disability conditions. Strassfeld, N.,

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Bullying

SRI Education

Our research: Which children typically experience bullying? 2017, 2021). If they report being bullied or you’re concerned about bullying, you should offer emotional support and consider seeking professional help (Leff & Feudtner, 2017). Journal of Educational Research, 111 (3), 284–294. 2014; Wolke et al.,