Curriculum
Differentiated Instruction

“The fact that students differ may be inconvenient, but it is inescapable."
- Theodore Sizer

"When someone hands you a glob of kids, they don't necessarily hand you a matched set."
- Carol Tomlinson

If we are to educate and challenge each student in our charge, then we have to be prepared to teach each student in our charge, recognizing that all children who enter our school buildings are not identical, and that individual students may bring along unique levels of prior experiences and knowledge, advanced learning abilities and/or learning disabilities.  

When differentiating curriculum and instruction for all students, teachers need to develop curriculum that considers how to meet the needs of advanced learners, middle level learners, and students who are slower learners. Differentiation should improve learning for all students.

“Schools are like airport hubs; student passengers arrive from many different backgrounds for widely divergent destinations.  Their particular takeoffs into adulthood will demand different flight plans."
-Levine, 2002