Intervention Beats Retention

Firestone, J. & Howard L, (2014, February 17). Intervention Beats Retention. Oakland Schools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqEgh2RFN7k

Les Howard, Literacy Education Consultant, Oakland Schools, and Dr. Joan Firestone, Director of Early Childhood, Oakland Schools, dissects the Michigan House Bill 5111. It states that Oakland schools are to retain third-graders that test below grade-level in reading. Les Howard and Dr. Joan Firestone offer other research-based solutions that have been proven to be far more effective and better than retention. In addition, this broadcast highlights that the majority of students being retained are minority and from low-income families.