Brussels, 08/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Eurydice network has published a study into grade retention during compulsory education in Europe, by initiative of the European Commission. The issue is related to the theme of fighting school failure and early school leaving, issues which are very important to the Commission as one of the two key objectives for education under the Europe 2020 strategy is to bring the early school leaving rate down below 10%. “I am convinced that this study has...