Thinking More Deeply About Effective Differentiation

It is a near certainty that the term "differentiation" is part of the professional vocabulary of the great majority of school in the U.S.—and of educators in most schools in countries around the world. It is also a near certainty that in many, if not most of those schools, it is difficult to find multiple classrooms in which differentiation is consistently practiced with by teachers with a deep understanding of the principles of the model necessary to meaningfully address the varied strengths and learning needs of the full range of learners who come into the classrooms daily.