History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Districts abandoning class-size reduction
- 11-30-2009
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
An excellent report by California Watch, a new investigative team of reporters created by the Center for Investigative Reporting, should prompt discussion in Sacramento on the future of California’s class-size reduction program. The report found that most large school districts had already abandoned the 20:1 student-teacher ratio that was the hallmark of class-size reduction when Gov. Pete Wilson and the Legislature created it 13 years ago for grade K-3 and some 9th grade classes. Some districts have expanded early-grade classes to as large as 30 students. Even with classes that size, districts have continued to get some money from the state. Districts get the full subsidy of $1,017 per student, up to 20 students, if they keep class size at 20 or smaller. For up to 25 students, they get 80 percent of the subsidy and 70 percent for up to 30. (more...)
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