After being condemned as discriminatory in the 1990s, grouping students by academic ability seems to be back in vogue with a new generation of teachers, according to an analysis of federal teacher ...

Is grouping students a good idea? Because I believe it is not. Grouping students by ability is a bad idea because it could backfire, even though grouping students by ability is supposed to help ...

African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study ...

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has unveiled how Australian secondary schools make decisions about organizing students into classes based on their perceived academic ability. Subscribe ...

So now The Advocate has weighed in on the debate of how best to teach the youth of Stamford, and with typical arrogance, declares the discussion over. With a tone of condescension and palpable disdain ...

With random talk partners as the classroom set-up (See Part 1 blog), students are already involved in mixed-ability learning. We need to take account of the substantial research which shows that ...

Critics say that the United States engages in ability grouping in an unhealthy, undemocratic way. Is there any truth to this claim? AEI’s Frederick M. Hess separates fact from fiction.