Looping (education)

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Looping (education) has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Oprah (Jan 2026).

Looping in education is the practice of moving groups of children up from one grade to the next with the same teacher. For example, a teacher who teaches a third grade class and then goes on to teach the same students, the following year, for the fourth grade. This system, which is also called multiyear grouping, lasts from two to five years and, as the class moves on, the teacher loops back to pick another group of children. This practice is particularly prevalent in Europe and Asia.