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January 28, 2006A Different Approach: Affiliated AlternativesJason Shepherd recently wrote an article on the Madison School District's Affiliated Alternatives Program. This differentiated program supports about 150 students: Many of the school's students have multiple problems, from severe learning deficits to turmoil at home. A countywide survey found they use alchol and marijuana at three times the rate of other students in Dane County.View full article. Sort of related: Carol Carstensen mentioned that the Board's Performance and Achievement committee, in a somewhat rare meeting, will discuss heterogeneous groupings at 5 p.m. Monday, January 30, 2006. This is apparently the first of several meetings on this topic. West High School's imminent English 10, one curriculum for all (apparently 40+ sophomore English electives reduced to none) has created no small amount of heterogeneous grouping discussion. I'm glad that a Board committee will soon discuss curriculum, in my view, the District's #1 priority. Posted by James Zellmer at January 28, 2006 3:08 PM Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas |