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Third grade class sizes in the biggest Kalamazoo-area districts range from 17 to 29. Here's how it compares by district.
Adrienne Conley writes: Smaller class sizes are not a luxury. They are a necessity.
Many Michigan school administrators recognize the importance of small class sizes but they have had difficulties achieving their own goals.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs has voted to advance Assembly Bill 155, known as the Class Size Reduction Act, out of committee with bipartisan backing.
A group of Harpswell parents is asking the local school district to add another first grade class at Harpswell Community School next year to prevent an oversized class that would exceed the ...
The bill arrives in the wake of recent divisive, weekslong teacher strikes in Portland in late 2023 and Albany last fall in which class sizes were a key sticking point.
Smaller class sizes, they reason, will mean more attention from the teacher for their child -- and perhaps a better learning environment.
Oct. 11—Classrooms at four elementary schools in the city are above the 20-students-per-class-size policy and may require moving students to different classrooms, possibly even different schools ...
Asked about how effective in balancing class sizes the new policy is versus reconfiguration, Berzinski said, “It’s a good solution for the short term, at least.”The policy would not go away with ...
The city's education department have released a set of 12 suggestions for principals to stay in compliance with the state’s class size mandate and bring up their share of the legislation up by 3%.