Departmentalizing may help young students with special needs
The pressure for schools to post higher scores on standardized subject tests is resulting in a growing push to departmentalize -- or platoon -- instruction for young students, a practice that some educators say helps students with special needs. While having students change classes to receive instruction from subject specialists is typical in middle and high schools, elementary-school students are typically taught by generalists under the assumption that they benefit from the stability of staying in one classroom.
Harvard Education Letter | 11/01
This story published in CEC SmartBrief on 10/28/2009
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