Proposed changes to a school board grouping policy are drawing fire from parents who are worried that their children will be misgrouped. Currently, elementary and middle school students of varying ...

This week’s “question of the week” is: “What does research say about use of ability groups/tracking, and how have you seen it used or misused? What are workable alternatives?” Grouping by ability has ...

I still remember the first time I became angry with a teacher. I was in first grade and just received my first “real” report card. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a glowing evaluation. The exact details have ...

STRATHAM — Grouping children by their academic abilities was the premier topic of discussion at the Visioning Summit for the Cooperative Middle School. Though focus groups also talked about middle ...