Memphis can learn from Florida’s 3rd-grade retention law
Antonio Burt, Shelby County Schools' chief academic officer (at a state-led listening tour at Wooddale High School) liked how the Florida retention law spurred a focus on reading. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat)
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
Third-grade retention has now come to Memphis through a Shelby County Schools policy that will take effect during the 2021-22 school year.
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