The middle level school is an ideal setting for connecting the curricu lum. The team approach allows teachers time to plan together, and sharing a common group of students makes multidisciplinary instruc tion feasible. Nevertheless, many middle level schools have had a dif ficult time implementing multidisciplinary instruction.
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