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  • Holding Back Students Damages Their Educational Progress: An Advocacy Report

    This 2005 article, published in the Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy and written by AFC Executive Director Jill Chaifetz and Program Associate Rachel Kravitz, describes research that demonstrates why retention policies are damaging to students and presents methods for advocating against retention.

    Jan 31, 2005

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