Ohio Tests Team Teaching Gains in Several Districts
In Ohio a team teaching concept with four to five teachers, a teaching aide, and 100 to 200 students in one large room is being tested in Northwestern near Springfield, Princeton City Schools near Cincinnati, and Centerville near Dayton. Proponents say it remodels learning, allows flexible grouping, unstructured time, and individual study, with pay tied to performance and a four-tier staff system. Critics caution it may not solve all problems but see it as an evolution expanding across the nation.