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From Jolon:

Generally speaking, I've found schools that deal with "learning diversity" and they are independent schools. the thing in common at these schools is that they work with students who would be "special education" students in traditional schools, they develop individual plans for students, and they don't scrimp on rigor.

Sudbury Valley School @http://www.sudval.com/index.html Eagle Hill School @http://www.ehs1.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128473 Hill School @http://www.hillschool.org/aboutus/vision.asp

these sites offer a framework for "learning diversity". general themes here aren't unlike what we've read already about learning-- motivation, scaffolding to difficulty, interest, autonomy-- though there is a few variations among them. @http://www.tltgroup.org/seven/7_Diverse_Learning.htm http://www.allkindsofminds.org @http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/instruct/indiff.html

DoE report-- Sum it Up. It is LOONG, but I think chapter 3 on differences in academic ability" is helpful (pgs 50-77) because it gives an idea of what is happening in other countries (that we could incorporate here in the US) and interesting ideas/research about what happens here in the US. A historical general overview.

One article- "Listening to Students about Learning Difference" gives the argument that student voices have been left out of the conversation (aren't they always), that they are needed to inform the work and also incorporates what students want to see/how they feel. In the end, it gives some "implications for the classroom" which may be helpful in thinking about pedagogical designs for difference.

the other article-- "Strategies for Responding to Differences..." is exactly what the title says.

and the thing is a report-- "Extending the pedagogy of the gifted to all students" was helpful to me because...well, it is exactly what I think should happen in all classrooms, all schools.