A few years ago, while researching a book, I was observing a first-grade class of about 20 students that was in its usual state of hubbub: children working (or pretending to work) in small groups ...

Joey Nocher, 11, a fifth grader from Adams, said the combined-grade classroom is a plus. “I like that you have good influences in the sixth grade when you’re in fifth grade,” she said. “So you can be ...

You will get into classrooms early and often to put those theories into practice. Calvin's elementary education program is separated into two grade bands, Pre-Kindergarten to 3rd Grade and 3rd to 6th ...

On her second day of fifth grade at Morton Elementary School, Harmoni Hill sat in a lawn chair in the back of her classroom as she focused on her teacher's instructions for an upcoming project.

Mixed-grade classrooms keep class sizes small in ... administrators at Vinal Elementary School searched for a way to keep class ... The solution was to put two grade levels in one classroom, ...