Saturday, October 8, 2011

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

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

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