Show I EDUCATION TION No One Flunks A new trend in education education percent promotion of ot pupils in the lower grades grades Is is reported by edu edu- Educators wont won't come right out and say no one flunks any more moreIn moreIn morein In the lower grades on the ground that some elementary pupils still need the threat of ot failing to spur them on but its it's true that fewer are flunking The new trend seems to be based on four points 1 Little is learned by repeat repeat- ing 2 Failure merely discourages and does not aid pupils 3 There is no reliable wa way of ot determining failures 4 Real failures cannot do the tM work no matter how often otten they re reo re- re peat This is a long jump from the days of reading writing and arithmetic and the rule of ot the hickory stick The educators sum up their re report report port is an admission of ot an Inadequate school program and has no place in a school where children are motivated properly and work to the level of their capaci ties What is ts looked on as a pupil failure may be a teacher supervisor supervisor super super- visor or administrator failure |