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PROOF POINTS: Even older teens benefit from catch-up classes

There is considerable research on the benefits of intervening early when a child is falling behind at school. Intuitively, teachers and parents know that it’s much harder to improve a person’s academic trajectory later in life. Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs, often disappoint.  But researchers occasionally find things that work […]