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Friends:<br>
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With reference to the TeachPlus survey, included in the PEN Newsblast
this week, I was intrigued by the finding that:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>teachers across the experience
spectrum are nearly unanimous: time in the school day for collaboration;
more flexible class groupings; and better teacher
preparation</blockquote><br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.teachplus.org/uploads/Documents/1350917768_Teach%20Plus%20Great%20Expectations.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://www.teachplus.org/uploads/Documents/1350917768_Teach%20Plus%20Great%20Expectations.pdf</a><br>
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</u></font>The table itself is Figure 8 on page 10 of the report.
Unfortunately, the report itself avoids discussing this finding
completely. I am still wondering what teachers had in mind when
they mentioned "flexible class groupings" as a high
priority. Was it proficiency-based grouping? A mix of larger
and smaller class sizes? Cluster grouping? Something
else? Whatever it means, teachers want it and the authors
apparently don't want to talk about it.<br>
<br>
Margaret<br>
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the actual report includes flexible class groupings</html>