peer streaming

peer streaming
 n.— «Skelly asked board members for guidance on how the district should approach those tradeoffs, particularly regarding young students having to cross Oregon and the issue of “peer streaming,” the term for maximizing the number of students who continue together to the same middle school and high school.» —“‘Tough choices’ ahead on school boundaries” by Chris Kenrick Palo Alto Online (California) Apr. 1, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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