IntroductionDifferentiated instruction is a successful teaching style; teachers instruct according to a system so that the student obtains the best results. Neurologically everyone learns differently. A teacher's goal is to ensure that each student's maximum potential is reached. Teaching adolescent students is an important time to ensure they gain knowledge and discover how they learn best, because this is usually the pinnacle of their neurological development. This teaching style allows students to find joy in learning. The enduring goal of Differentiated Instruction is for every student to have the capacity to learn and to promote this learning by exploring their options for pursuing postsecondary education. Differentiated Instruction is a quintessential teaching style in an adolescent learning environment, to learn the core curriculum, prepare for college, and acquire useful learning skills. DiscussionCore CurriculumDifferentiated Instruction ensures that the vast majority of students meet all core requirements, achieving the initial goal of the core curriculum. The common core curriculum varies from state to state; This initiative serves to ensure that students are able to meet standards in various subjects taught in schools. Ratings are provided for each grade level and a specific percentile is expected to have been achieved. Assessments measure whether the student has met the standards for his or her specific grade level. Differentiated instruction is a tactical approach in which teachers seek to alter how the curriculum is taught, maximizing the learning a student will take from the classroom. (Allen and Dickson, 2013). Teachers must find a way for each step...... middle of paper......080/00228958.2013.845506Kaplan, SN (2013). Special schools and differentiated curriculum. Gifted Child Today, 36(3), 201-204. doi:10.1177/1076217513487186Morgan, H. (2014). Maximize student success with differentiated learning. Clearinghouse, 87(1), 34-38. doi:10.1080/00098655.2013.832130Nordlund, M. (2003). Differentiated Instruction: Meet the educational needs of all students in your classroom. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press.Parsons, S.A., Dodman, S.L., & Cohen Burrowbridge, S. (2013). Expanding the vision of differentiated instruction. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(1), 38-42.Robb, L. (2013). Differentiate reading instruction. Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/what-differentiated-instructionSchumer, F. (2003, November 9). One class, many minds; a paddle for the mainstream. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com