Education Week: Class Size

Romney Talks Class Size at Philadelphia Charter School

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney brought his education agenda to a West Philadelphia charter school, suggesting class size mattered little to pupils' achievement.

Number of Students in Charters Rises

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0500

Enrollment in charter schools has soared to more than 2 million students, according to a national charter school group.

Class-Size Waivers Triple for Texas Districts

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0500

State figures show a more than threefold increase in just one year in the number of elementary schools allowed to exceed class-size limits in Texas.

Facing Teacher Shortage, Schools Pack Students in Study Halls

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:09:00 -0400

Required study halls have become common in large Portland-area high schools as budget-slammed schools find they don't have enough teachers to go around.

School Finance

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:06:00 -0400

State policymakers attempting to bring down school costs should change or refine class-size mandates, a report recommends.

Instructional Style

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:05:00 -0400

A study in the May issue of Science suggests that, even in classes exceeding 250 students, interactive learning can be more effective than lecturing.

Class Size

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:05:00 -0400

Only very large reductions in class size are likely to lead to significant long-term effects on student achievement, a new research synthesis says.

Fla. Lawmakers Pursuing Way Around Class-Size Limits

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:04:00 -0400

Class sizes in Florida schools could grow again next fall, despite voter-mandated restrictions.

Gates to NGA: Tie Class Sizes to Teachers' Skill

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:03:00 -0500

Bill Gates closed the 2011 National Governors Association's 2011 winter meeting by urging the governors to consider increasing the class sizes of the best teachers.

Philadelphia School District Has 70,000 Empty Seats

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:01:00 -0500

Class-Size Fines on Horizon in Fla.

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:01:00 -0500

Florida school districts that can't shrink the size of their classes could soon face shrunken state funding.

Districts Exceeding Fla. Class-Size Lid

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0500

Court Declines Speech Case

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0500

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Michigan special education teacher who claimed she was fired for complaining that the size of her teaching caseload hindered proper instruction.

Class Sizes Show Signs of Growing

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

At a time when policymakers are demanding budget cuts and more innovative approaches to schooling, pressure is building for loosening up constraints on class sizes.

Voters Grapple with Ballot Measures on Education

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

A bid to loosen Florida's class-size limits headed toward defeat, as did dueling measures in Oklahoma that centered on school funding.