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[quote=Anonymous]Multi-age classrooms can work great if the model is intentional (see Montessori). My kids have benefited immensely from the freedom to move ahead academically and to be nurtured by older students in their public Montessori elementary program. If red-shirting is going to be the new normal, with an age range of between 2-3 years in a single classroom, traditional public teachers deserve proper training on how to manage the multi-age classroom, and principals and administrators need to stop pretending that "grade 2" means anything much. The more red-shirting there is, the more differentiation of instruction there must be. The social part can be managed quite beautifully (again, see Montessori), but only with the proper knowledge and training to the teacher on how to make that work effectively.[/quote]
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