Like single-grade classroom placement, placement in a multigrade classroom will consider students’ academic, social-emotional and behavioral needs, personality, friendships and connections.

Parents of next year’s 1st and 2nd graders at Hale Elementary School in Schaumburg will have the option to choose a multigrade class for their students in fall. In the 1998-99 school year, Hale ...

Though six years is the average starting age for class one, oftentimes parents enroll their children many years later. The result is multi-aged children in multigrade contexts.

Which students end up in a multigrade classroom will vary between schools and grades, and at least two schools have already begun notifying parents of plans to combine classes.

Multigrade and multi-age classrooms, in which students from two or more grades are taught by one teacher at the same time, represent a significant phenomenon in our schools. This article reviews the ...

After attending community meetings and pleading their case to the district’s chief executive, Hanna Al-Jibouri and Nicole Powell are hopeful for the future of the unconventional multigrade class ...