Hi all, I work at a medicaid funded pediatrician office as an RN case manager and have fallen into the student advocate role for our patients which means a lot of IEP and behavioral meetings. One thing that I've noticed is that schools will no...
Hi all, I work at a medicaid funded pediatrician office as an RN case manager and have fallen into the student advocate role for our patients which means a lot of IEP and behavioral meetings. One thing that I've noticed is that schools will not hold students back anymore. For example, a kiddo who just made the kinder cut off, turned 5 late september, struggled all through kinder, went onto first grade, and is now even more behind - not just academically but behavioraly. Kiddo is nowhere near ready for second grade and the parents and I are pushing the school to hold the kiddo back to repeat first grade. Additionally, I've also seen kiddos who are in district preschool be forced into kinder the next year whether they're ready or not because they make the age cut off. There are a lot of students who would benefit from an extra year of preschool or repeating an earlier grade but the schools are saying that's not a thing anymore. As teachers are you seeing this? Is there new data that I need to be looking into? When I was in gradeschool in a catholic orange county, ca in the 90s, I would say schools were a little to quick to hold students back but now everyone is moving up whether they're ready or not. Is there a happy medium we can find? I just don't see how forcing students ahead is helping kiddos once their in middle school which then can negatively effect how they are in highschool. Any information or links to new research saying holding back isn't beneficial would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all your time, I apologize for any grammar errors! submitted by /u/sparklinggarbage2653 [link] [comments]