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Coash, Vicki; Watkins, Karen – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2005
At Santa Maria Middle School in southwest Phoenix, Arizona, teachers have decided to maintain their relationships with their students by looping through sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Here, they describe the results of the first three years of the program, discussing the development of their team's priorities and the strategies they embraced…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Looping (Teachers), Teacher Student Relationship
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2004
No Child Left Behind is one of several factors motivating more and more high schools to work with their students to stay on track to graduating within four years. Unfortunately, research shows that neither by themselves works especially well: retention and social promotion are expensive failures. They are ineffective in improving student learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Grade Repetition, Dropouts