The Los Angeles public school system is backing off its plan to end so-called social promotion, whereby kids are sent to the next grade even though they are not qualified to be there.

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For Louise Casey, family intervention is in marked contrast to a system where families are known to several different authorities - school, police, youth justice, social services - and are continually assessed rather than changed.

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