Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Inclusive School Exhibition Highlights Multi-Level Learning and Talent
Bloomingdale Academy High School held an exhibition for children with and without disabilities.
The event showed that students with different abilities can learn in the same classroom.
Each child receives work suited to their learning level.
The school says one syllabus should not be used in exactly the same way for every child.
Shadow teachers help neurodivergent students participate in class.
The children displayed artwork, jewellery and school projects.
They also presented a cultural programme.
Some students explained their projects to visitors.
The school says inclusive learning can help all children grow together.
Bloomingdale Academy High School held an exhibition featuring students with and without disabilities.
The school uses multi-level learning, giving students work suited to their intellectual abilities and learning levels.
Shadow teachers support neurodivergent children so they can keep up in class.
Students displayed artwork, jewellery and projects about volcanoes, atoms, anatomy and the Industrial Revolution.
The exhibition was held on August 31 to mark educator Maria Montessori’s 156th birth anniversary.
- Who
- Students with and without disabilities at Bloomingdale Academy High School, supported by teachers and shadow teachers.
- What
- They held a cultural programme and exhibition demonstrating inclusive, multi-level learning and showcasing students’ skills.
- When
- August 31; the exhibition was described as having taken place the previous month.
- Where
- Bloomingdale Academy High School.
- Why
- To celebrate Maria Montessori’s 156th birth anniversary and demonstrate how children with different abilities can learn together.
Inclusive Learning Supporters
Questions About Shared Classrooms
Learning together
Inclusive Learning Supporters
The school says children with different intellectual abilities can work in the same classroom and progress at their own levels.
Questions About Shared Classrooms
Educators have questioned whether neurotypical and neurodivergent children can be developed effectively in the same classroom.
A common syllabus
Inclusive Learning Supporters
The school argues that one blanket syllabus is unsuitable and that lessons should be adapted to each child’s capacity.
Questions About Shared Classrooms
The differing abilities in one classroom create a challenge over how to provide work that all students can manage.
Effect on other students
Inclusive Learning Supporters
The school says inclusive classrooms do not impede the growth of children without disabilities, and parents become convinced when they see students developing together.
Questions About Shared Classrooms
The article does not provide a separate opposing claim that children without disabilities are harmed, only that the question is raised by educators.
- School
- Bloomingdale Academy High School
- Student ratio
- 60% of students are without disabilities and 40% are with disabilities
- Learning approach
- Multi-level learning with materials provided at each student’s level
- Classroom support
- Shadow teachers assist neurodivergent children
- Exhibition displays
- Artwork, jewellery and projects on volcanoes, atoms and molecules, human anatomy and the Industrial Revolution
- Event date
- August 31
- Occasion
- Maria Montessori’s 156th birth anniversary