ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines some of the most viable strategies for redesigning America's public-school systems. Paula Carter teaches in a multiage classroom at Rita Cannan Elementary School in Reno, Nevada. Research has demonstrated that parents who are more involved in school life are usually the ones who prefer to have their children in multiage classrooms. School administrators must do more than apply multiage education as a quick-fix solution for the underserved or for those who are not succeeding in the traditional classroom. The chapter discusses some of the ways in which the models and strategies might be integrated into a school system that is designed to be multiage and multi-ability. In high school, there is a need for some mode of standardized assessment or preparation for standardized assessments. School administrators must do more than apply multiage education as a quick-fix solution for the underserved or for those who are not succeeding in the traditional classroom.
