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  The factory model of schooling has driven so many of our choices in education.  Unfortunately, this model does little to recognize the rich diversity of approaches that students may have in learning and in demonstrating their knowledge.  While schools could be much more efficient if we could simply apply a uniform system of education to everyone, we have learned that when we try that so many students are left behind.              As we strive to create a sense of community within our classrooms, it will be important that we do our best to pull in everyone.  And to do this, we will need to privilege some of the unique differences that exist within our classrooms.  The idea here is that most of our work and assessments within a classroom revolve around limited outcomes of academic tasks: essays, quizzes, tests, speeches.  These are important, and we must work hard to help our st...