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This school groups students by ability, not grade level

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Wisconsin school puts focus on personalized learning, student choice, and open learning spaces. It’s after lunch in a combined fourth- and fifth-grade class at Walker Elementary School, and students are working on equivalent fractions.

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Curate Classroom Curiosity with Inquiry-Based Learning

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A successful approach to inquiry-based learning takes students from the structured beginnings to a more open learning style. At this age, theyll have the opportunity to take on a lot more responsibility for what and how they learn. These steps also work well for differentiation within the same class.