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You are here		dangerouslyirrelevant.org Emulating downward: Iowa's misplaced idolization of Florida's retention policies \| @mcleod
\|	\|	dianeravitch.net Tom Ultican: Grade Retention is a Popular "Remedy" That Hurts Students \| Diane Ravitch's blog	4.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	When an education policy is tried and failed, then tried again and continues to fail, that policy may justly beee called "zombie policy." It survives despite experience.. Tom Ultican, retried teacher of physics and advanced mathematics in California, here describes such a policy. It is called "grade retention," but is more commonly known as flunking...	4.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.tribtoday.com Teachers call for end to mandatory retention policy \| News, Sports, Jobs - Tribune Chronicle	5.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	A Campbell teacher joined the Ohio Education Association on Monday to urge the Ohio Senate to pass a bill that would eliminate a requirement that third-graders	5.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.tampabay.com Florida's education system is vastly underperforming \| Column	5.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	A close look at 'the Nation's Report Card' shows how Florida fails its students as they move up through the grades.	5.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.sbsun.com World Trade Center beam put in place at Fontana memorial to first responders - Press Enterprise	21.6 parsecs away Travel
\|		The 20-foot beam at the center of the memorial was salvaged from Ground Zero following the 9/11 terrorist attack.	21.6 parsecs away Travel