As of 2016, 2.6 percent of Black K-8 students were retained, ... One of the most-cited research papers on grade retention is a 2001 meta-analysis from Shane Jimerson, ...

Mark Trifilio, principal of the public pre-K-5th grade Orchard School in Vermont, sat down with the school’s 40 educators last summer to discuss the soon-to-start new school year and homework ...