The Philadelphia School District has been “leveled.” As a result, the district has reduced the number of its controversial split-grade classrooms, made up of students in different grades, from about ...

“I, as a parent, did not know this was happening, and I was appalled," said parent Tricia Bergantino. Trica Bergantino started a petition to gather other concerned parents. “Somebody is going to miss ...

When Shari Smith found out in June that her son would enter a split-grade class at his Toronto elementary school come September, she was the one who felt divided. The mother of three had prior ...

After the province spent five years and billions of dollars launching full-day kindergarten, concerns are being expressed that the growing number of kindergarten/Grade 1 classes will keep students in ...

Every fall brings its share of anxieties for elementary school students entering a new grade, but for those entering a split class it can be double trouble. Initially, Naci and Ayse Yilmaz had two ...

AMESBURY — The city should be one step closer to building a new elementary school after the School Committee's meeting tonight. The city is working its way through the feasibility phase of the ...

Administrative changes are underway in Wagener and Ridge Spring-Monetta area public schools. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, both Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School and Ridge Spring-Monetta ...

As the new academic year gets underway, Ontario students, teachers and parents are gearing up to deal with one of the education system’s more controversial elements: split-level classes. Some parents ...

The Globe and Mail reported earlier this week, based on documents obtained under access-to-information legislation, that Ontario has 261 classes in elementary schools that are split between ...

Parents’ concerns about split grades are “one of the most challenging consequences” of the class cap in Ontario’s primary classrooms, says a new report. Even though school boards were able to achieve ...

As Sudbury school boards crunch the numbers to see how many combined grade classes will need to be created this year, they are reassuring parents that their children will get the same quality of ...

Many parents are concerned when their child is placed in a combined class (i.e., first and second graders or third and fourth graders together). While the demands on the teacher, and, to some extent, ...