Asking a low-performing student to repeat a grade is a big step and one often challenged by students and families. But requiring younger students to take the extra time to master material may boost ...

Studying in a Philippine public school has its pros and cons. While some of the best students were products of the free public education system, it could not be denied that private ones also have ...

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A new report by Ros Clayton from Stellenbosch University’s Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP) Group, examines the impact and outcomes of having children repeat the Grade 1 and Grade 4 ...

Students are more likely to enroll in science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses and graduate with a STEM degree when grade-forgiveness policies are in place, according to a recent study ...

Our education system has this funny quirk of grouping kids by birth date — rather than, say, intellectual ability or achievement or interest. But developmental pathways are as individual as kids ...

The disquieting side effect of our increasingly detailed longitudinal studies of students is we keep finding warning signs of a future graduation derailment earlier and earlier in a child’s school ...