Yesterday Republican leaders in the House and Senate announced their solution for the brewing class size controversy. The plan (HB 90) will keep class sizes as they are in the ... Keep Reading
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More Questions from Class Size Discussion
People on all sides of the class size debate seem to be breathing easier now that a new compromise version of House Bill 13 was released by Sen. Phil Berger’s office yesterday ... Keep Reading
Class-Size Tussle Reveals a Bigger Problem
There will be no quick solution for school districts grappling to address new class size requirements. You may remember that in mid-February the North Carolina House passed ... Keep Reading
Republicans’ Class-size Dilemma Misses the Larger Point
The House unanimously approved a bill to allow local school districts the option of modestly exceeding class-size restrictions passed last year School districts complained that ... Keep Reading
Context: the forgotten factor in the class-size debate
Should states spend billions to reduce class size? That’s the question Amelia Thomson DeVeaux of the popular data and statistics web site Five Thirty-Eight asks ... Keep Reading
Claims about class size increases should review facts
Superintendent June Atkinson is traveling North Carolina with fellow Democrats saying Republican budget cuts have led to increased class size and less learning. Despite only ... Keep Reading
Class Size Ratios: Do They Impact Learning?
In a new article at www.nccivitas.org, my colleague Bob Luebke examines what has become the unquestionable dogma in government schools: lower class sizes are needed to improve ... Keep Reading