Tennessee Has a New Third Grade Retention Policy

What does it mean for students and schools?

Andy Spears
Age of Awareness
Published in
3 min readAug 17, 2022

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Tennessee is on the verge of a whole lot of kids repeating the third grade — changing the landscape of schools and classrooms and increasing demand for elementary teachers during a teacher vacancy crisis.

Here’s why:

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Andy Spears
Age of Awareness

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .