Amendment to give third graders another route to fourth grade passes Senate committee
A new state bill working its way through the state legislature would provide options for deciding when to implement the third-grade retention process.
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third-grade retention Tennessee State Legislature Tennessee Department of EducationAarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming is an education reporter with The Daily Memphian. He earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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