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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Monday, March 7, 2011 Trends: Tight Budgets---->Tight Classrooms Class size matters. Does it matter more than the quality of the teacher in the room? In states across our country, class sizes are once again rising, reversing a several-decade trend of lowered average (even maximum) class sizes. For an interesting story on this trend, click the New York Times article picture below, or catch a couple of quotes here: "The increases are reversing a trend toward smaller classes that stretches back decades. Since the 1980s, teachers and many other educators have embraced research finding that smaller classes foster higher achievement.... BUT ....Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who last Sunday told governors gathered in Washington to consider paying bonuses to the best teachers to take on extra students. Mr. Duncan said he would prefer to put his own school-age children in a classroom with 28 students led by a “fantastic teacher” than in one with 23 and a “mediocre” teacher."  Posted at 5:12 PM Keywords: Trends , Budget Cuts , School Finance , Class Size 0 Comments |