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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 17, 2008, 9:47 PM

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