My grandson is flunky 7th grade and I wonder if he is automatically put into the 8th grade, considering the Bill stating that "no child shall be left behind"
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"no child left behind" means that schools cannot just push students on to the next grades without them knowing the curriculum. yes he can be held back, and it would actually be in his best interest. he wont pass 8th grade (which is where GPA starts to count for college) if he cant pass 7th!
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You should get the school house rock videos. That is how I learned. "I'm just a bill...and I'm sitting here on Capital Hill" I was a junior in high school when I was that thing but for some reason it stuck...Never underestimate childrens programs.
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This is what happens when kids are not graded, so as to spare their feelings.  \n\nIt's true; there's been a whole movement in the past ten years to allow children to root around and try to find the correct answers, whether in mathematics, or English, with no punishments or demerits for incorrect answers, and yet no rewards for answers that ARE correct.\n\nThe current crop of 12 to 20 year-olds can't read, write, compose or spell, and what's worse, they think their puny efforts are "good enough".\n\nSad, isn't it?
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If the student is taking an the Exit Level TAKS they will have to make it up next year.  If it's just any ol' TAKS they don't have to worry about it I don't think.
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Don't let the liberals catch you calling some children superior, we're all supposed to be equal in this country.\n\nWell, if your district has the cash it should set up a seperate elementary "academy."  These kids would still interact with "normal" kids but they would have a special teacher who is trained to challenge them.\n\nMoving along to Junior High you need to have the kids in advanced classes for the core but the extra classes can be mixed (gym, art, music, writing, computer, study hall etc...)\n\nOnce kids get to high school it is impractical to keep them segregated in the core fields, you've given them the tools, now they must choose to use them.\n\nWays to challenge kids: Assign a special project in each subject due at the end of the year (or semester or month) where they have to use a topic off a list or come up with a teacher-approved topic.  They research it and give a presentation to the class.\n\nYou can get higher grade textbooks.  When I was in 5th grade we had math 54, in fourth grade which was accelerated learning about 4th and 5th grade math subjects.  It was an independent book and you also had the regular math program to complete.  Then if you finished all the lessons in math 54 they had math 65.  Some of us got it in 5th grade, some in 4th.  Then there was math 76 and finally a pre-algebra book all by the same publisher.  Three of the kids were actually in the pre-algebra book with a few months left in 6th grade.
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I'm assuming the quote is meant to be a joke, but actually, it would be very surprising to find out that 50% of children are of below average intelligence. This would imply that the arithmetic mean of children's intelligence was identically equal to the median, an unusual observation.
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It would depend on your school.  You should talk to the teacher or a counselor.  If you recieve an F, then it will affect your GPA
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your question is not clear - are you talking about the right to hold your child back (retain in grade) or are you talking about your right to keep a child in school after he has been expelled?\nYou have the right to do the first, but not to do the second - provided the school board has followed all the federal education guidelines.\nOK, thank you for the clarification. If your child is not performing up to grade, he may have a learning disability.  I would, at least, express that possibility to the school board and demand that he be tested and if he is entitled to Special Education he is also entitled to receive an Individual Education Plan (IEP). The IEP can be as simple as retaining him in grade.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
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I think you answered your own question, the kids are being left behind cuz they are dumb. so the prez wants them to repeat the same grade so they won't be dumb. You get it? Ha ha !!! I'm just joking. Um, I personally HATE BUSH! He NEEDS TO BE THE ONE IN IRAQ AND IRAN INSTEAD OF SENDING THOUSANDS OF OUR YOUNG MEN OUT TO DRY!!! HE'S NOTHING BUT A F*** HEAD. SO I REALLY DON'T CARE HOW HE F***S THE US CUZ STUPID AS$ AMERICANS VOTED HIM INTO OFFICE
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It might be best to let him have his last year in elementary school in public school, so that he can arrive at the next school with friends and start off there with at least that worry out of the way - you know, someone to do it with.\n\nReally though, it is probaby too hard to tell from this vantage point what will be best.  There are those who say children are better suited for friends an socialization at 7 - but as your child grows and develops you will see more of what his nature is, what will benefit him and how well he learns on his own and in social situation.  You know your child better than anyone else - and as you get to know him even better over a couple more years of having him at home, I am sure the right choice will make itself clear to you at the right time.\n\nI personally am homeschooling all the way - well, that's the plan now anyway.  We will just have to see how it goes and were life takes us!
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This should be documented and he can be moved to a sheltered classroom. Different states and Districts have different regulations. Start complaining and writing letters that is not a good learning environment for anyone.\n\nI am really surprised this has gone that far!
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He might be able to, since his reading comprehension just became that of 6th grade level (after getting help from a tutor). That is no joke, it was in the news papers and on yahoo. However his math is not at that level yet; 6th grade. But then maybe his daddy paid someone to take the test for him to be raised to 6th grade level (just like daddy paid for someone else to take his tests for him to get through college). The man is so dumb he couldn't pour pee out of a boot if the instructions were written on the bottom of the boot. I would say dumb as a box of rocks, but that would be an insult to the rocks.
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Well, a person who makes all A's would most likely be there most of the time.  It is part of the rules that you attend school. If you do not follow the rules, then they do have a right to do as they please.
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He is in the 8th grade.. that pretty much answers that one.  Hang in their honey, you will be okay, you have many years to grow and love.
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I agree that the 'No Child Left Behind' act is ruining American education. I, personally, think it's a bad rule and that because of it the smarter kids are bored. I'm in school right now and I'm one of the smartest ones and this rule is making school a drag for me because we have to keep learning it all over, even if only one person doesn't know it. This act is making the smart kids, who will one day contribute the most to society, want to or drop out of school.
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I heard the long version on NPR. I think the speaker is correct. We want to be like lake woebegone. We want all the children to be above average. That is not going to happen any measure of a population that is done right will turn up a bell curve. Reported grades no longer match the curve. Therefore grades are being inflated.