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Luschei, Tom – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2017
Despite California's great wealth, child poverty places a drag on the state's educational performance. Disadvantaged children--including English learners, foster children, and the poor--do not receive the educational attention and services that they require to be successful. Although California's Local Control Funding Formula recognizes this…
Descriptors: Poverty, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
Katz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1989
The seven brief chapters of this paper advocate mixed-age grouping in schools and child care centers. Discussion defines mixed-age grouping and examines some limitations of single-age grouping. Research findings on social and cognitive aspects of mixed-age grouping are reviewed. Social aspects are discussed by considering in turn the following…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Day Care, Definitions
Burpo, Dianne Childers; Wheeler, Pat – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Describes the use of cooperative learning centers (CLCs) in an inner-city fourth-grade classroom. These seven CLCs focused on mathematics, language, writing, learning with kindergartners, computers, interest group, and free reading, with students taking weekly turns at being the center "specialist" or group leader. The effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning