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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2005
The practice of grouping students--such as all freshmen or students with similar career goals--into "small learning communities" or academies within a large high school is proving beneficial to many schools in raising achievement and keeping students in school. Students thrive in a small-school environment where they share the same teachers and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Academic Achievement, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Career Academies