Connecticut elementary students to use “learning stations”

Hoping to make dramatic gains in standardized test scores for elementary schoolchildren, the Hartford, Connecticut, city school district is embarking on an ambitious plan to overhaul the way young children are taught. Under the plan Superintendent Doris Kurtz is pushing, the district will enter into a contract with an educational institute based in Florida.

Instead of having a single teacher provide instruction in reading, math, writing and other core subjects, students learn from a teacher who specializes in reading at a reading station, then move on to a different teacher who specializes in math at a math station, and so on. The Institute for Social Innovation's Project CHILD program was founded and is directed by Florida State University Professor Sarah Butzin. Read about the plan in The Hartford Courant online.