1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Retention in the Third Grade: Help or Hindrance? Recorded at EWA's 66th National Seminar, &quot;Creativity Counts: Innovation in Education and the Media,&quot; May 2-4, 2013 More states are embracing &amp;ldquo;third grade reading guarantees&amp;rdquo; that aim to prevent children from moving to fourth grade until they have progressed from &amp;ldquo;learning to read&amp;rdquo; to &amp;ldquo;reading to learn.&amp;rdquo; But research has shown that students who are retained often end up dropping out. Two researchers will probe what the research says, and whether legislatures are on the right track. Moderator: Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post Shane Jimerson, University of California, Santa Barbara Martin West, Harvard University EWA Radio https://www.ewa.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2334218/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/bf3747/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/2334218