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The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All

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Susan Winebrenner and Dina Brulles give us a red-hot winner in The Cluster Grouping Handbook. The Handbook is a guide for schools with limited budgets to create a workable, defensible gifted program, and for schools with tons of funds (are there any?) to simplify their teachers' jobs and maximize all student lea, not just gifted student learning.

The book begins with the "whys" of Cluster Grouping, with a PowerPoint to present the explanation to teachers, school board members and parents provided on the included CD. Winebrenner and Brulles explain how today's Cluster Grouping differs from yesterday's tracking, and what makes it a good option instead of a bad one. Research details are provided for all the statistics and conclusions drawn in the book, backing up all the claims made about Cluster Grouping... it really is a great option for any school and every student!

Next, The Cluster Grouping Handbook details the "hows" of setting up Cluster Grouping in your school, with detailed plans and all the training materials you'll need to bring your faculty up to speed. Winebrenner and Brulles explain how this strategy works for all your students, and how it simplifies the job of all your teachers. At the same time, they demonstrate how Cluster Grouping improves education for all students, including the gifted student, the high-achieving student, and the low-achieving student in any given subject.

The Cluster Grouping Handbook is a one-stop solution to a variety of the education challenges of today, and Winebrenner and Brulles' easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide is a winner that should be implemented in every school to save money and improve education for all students. This book shouldn't be on your school's bookshelf; it should be in the hands of your teachers, coordinators and administrators, as they train and implement Cluster Grouping using this guide!

Students who are not challenged become bored and uninterested in the subject they're studying - they need to be challenged in some way. "The Cluster Grouping Handbook: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All" is a deftly compiled guide to doing just that. Seeking to improve all student's improvements but focusing on those who are especially gifted, and the challenges that come for educators in keeping them interested and nurturing their talents. Enhanced with a bonus CD-ROM, "The Cluster Grouping Handbook: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All" should be considered by all educational professionals and community library education collections.