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Split Classes in Elementary School — How Well Do They Work?
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Hi Gail,
My daughter attends public school in TDSB, She is currently in grade five, in a 4/5 split. She has been in split classes from Jk right through to grade 3. Parents were informed that teachers teaching a split class must teach both curriculum…
I just came across this article from Todays Parent about split grades. We also talk about how there is research on both sides of the argument in our class size and split grades chapter of the Annual Report on Schools. Hope this helps too!
Hi Gail,
You have touched on an issue that concerns a lot of parents across the province. The hard cap on class sizes has resulted in an increased number of split grades in many schools. Those darned children just don't seem to come demographically…
I'm curious what people have to say about split classes. At my son's school in York Region (we're in Thornhill) all but two of the classes this year are splits. A number of parents are quite disturbed by this situation, as they feel their kids will…
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- Hello Gail - a warm welcome to our online community. My name is Gay and I'm the web woman here at People for Education. Just write on my wall if you have any questions about how to do something. How did you find us?
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Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :)
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