Teacher Incorporates "Differentiated Instruction."

The Washington Post (5/16, Chandler) profiles Elise Carter, a second-grade teacher at Galway Elementary School in Silver Springs, Maryland who utilitzes the strategy of "differentiated instruction" to teach. Differentiated instruction involves "adapting lessons for kids of different abilities within a classroom," and "pressure is rising to do it more often and with better results." The Post notes Carter's use of differentiated instruction to teach math class, observing that it is "the latest example of a move toward more mixed-ability classes that is mirrored in Fairfax and Arlington counties and across the country, with greater inclusion of special education students, more open enrollment in Advanced Placement classes and the elimination of some honors-level courses."