THE MULTIGRADE CLASSROOM: 
              A RESOURCE HANDBOOK FOR SMALL,
                         RURAL SCHOOLS
                        Book 2: Classroom Organization
                              November 1999
                            Rural Education Program
                        Based on the September 1989 publication 
                        of the same title written by Bruce A. Miller
                           Susan Vincent, Editor
                            Joyce Ley, Director
                              Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
                              101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500
                              Portland, Oregon 97204
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