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What Is a Differentiated Classroom?
A different way to learn is what the kids are calling for . . . . All of them are talking about how our one-size-fits-all delivery system-which mandates that everyone learn the same thing at the same time, no matter what their individual needs-has failed them.
-Seymour Sarason, The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform

Students At Risk
Is it acceptable-as we do in this theme issue-to call students "at risk"? Some educators don't think so.

No Child Left Behind
As the latest incarnation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the No Child Left Behind Act is expected to greatly expand the federal role in education.

Risk Factors for Youth Violence
Research has documented the magnitude of youth violence and the trends in that violence over time. But what do we know about why young people become involved in violence? Why do some youths get caught up in violence while others do not?

Why Districts, Schools, and Classrooms Should Practice Service-Learning
Service-learning should be practiced in schools because it yields so many simultaneous benefits. It is what many educators consider a "value-added" approach because it helps multiple participants from schools and communities and has multiple benefits for each. This fact sheet highlights some key reasons why districts, schools and classrooms should practice service-learning.

Six Principles of Effective Accountability
"We have to think about accountability in a very different way," says Douglas B. Reeves, chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment and the International Center for Educational Accountability. "We have done a splendid job of holding nine-year-olds accountable. Let me suggest as a moral principle that we dare not hold kids any more accountable than we expect to hold ourselves."