Tony Bennett not giving up on Social Promotion bill

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, working with Senators Kenley and Kruse is keeping SB258 alive by taking the financial ramifications of grade retention and extra instruction out of the bill. I'm not clear on how that's going to work, but ending social promotion as a blanket policy in all grades, not just grade 3 as the bill is written now, is still a worthy goal.

Meanwhile at FWCS Wendy has given a press conference on the district's intention to turn around the district's eleven worst performing schools by changing their designation to "LEAD" schools. She says she intends to overhaul the culture of learning and strive for parent involvement. One way to do that would be to eliminate blanket social promotion in the elementary and middle schools, which promotes a culture of rewarding failure. Get the parents involved in the decisions for promotion and retention and "LEAD" the way instead of letting the state tell you what to do.