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Connecticut’s social promotion makes public education a costly fraud

By Chris Powell Social promotion in Connecticut’s schools isn’t just informal policy and practice, implemented by winks and nods. This week Marc E. Fitch of the Yankee Institute’s Connecticut Inside Investigator reported that many school systems, including those in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, and Middletown, follow written policies virtually prohibiting giving students failing grades.  Hartford schools obstructContinue reading “Connecticut’s social promotion makes public education a costly fraud”