Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 11, 2007 - 09:45.
Perhaps rather than asking if holding a child back improves their academic performance we should be asking if the purpose is to improve a student's athletics performance--which is why, in the district I formerly taught, I regularly taught students who were 18 at the beginning of their senior year. Bigger kids = bigger/better athletes = college recruitment.
A different question...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 11, 2007 - 09:45.
Perhaps rather than asking if holding a child back improves their academic performance we should be asking if the purpose is to improve a student's athletics performance--which is why, in the district I formerly taught, I regularly taught students who were 18 at the beginning of their senior year. Bigger kids = bigger/better athletes = college recruitment.