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Panel approves Bloomberg's 8th grade retention plan

Educational advocates say thousands of eighth-graders could be left back after Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new promotion policy was given the go ahead from an education panel Monday night. Proponents and

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Mar 18, 2008, 5:48 PM

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