A San Jose public school placed on a federal watch list for under performance has turned around. The key? An intense focus on “improving reading and shaping instruction to individual students’ needs.” The article in this Saturday’s San Jose Mercury News highlights how teachers are addressing their students’ varied needs.

A focus on individual needs makes a lot of sense to me. After all, one-on-one instruction is what TeamUP! Tutors provides. But it’s far more challenging to provide that type of attention with a class of 34! Kudos to the teachers.