What is Social Promotion? Social promotion is the idea to allow students to continue to pass each grade level with their classmates, regardless if the individual fulfills their academic requirements and meets the standards and grades to be promoted onto the next grade level. The government has been trying to stop this practice for many years. The disadvantages of social promotion are to students learning; they never truly learn the concepts of the subject and are constantly struggling to keep up. Many times, the student may experience low self-esteem and never really catches up to their peer’s knowledge. Another study … Continue reading →