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Two ways we separate children & why we should care « Cooperative Catalyst

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Two ways we separate children & why we should care

Separation Wall by l a u r a

Separation Wall by l a u r a

My wife asked a great question this morning about what I mean when I say that schools sort kids. After all, she posited, isn’t differentiation a kind of sorting – and isn’t differentiation good?

Differentiation is good when we negotiate ways for students to learn with students themselves. When we