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For African-American students, class size matters
- 11-20-2009
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By Gail Berkley/New America Media
As school districts across the state struggle to meet the challenges of providing a quality education with fewer resources during the economic downturn, state subsidized small class sizes--with 20 students to 1 teacher in grades K-3--are in jeopardy. According to a survey of the state’s 30 largest school districts released this week “many schools are pushing class sizes to 24 in some or all of the early grades.” Some classes were increasing to as many as 30 students, the survey conducted by California Watch, a nonprofit journalism organization in Berkeley, found. The increases in the 20-1 ratio in K-3 classes do not bode well for African-American students. Recent studies have found that small classes in kindergarten through third grade can have a lasting impact on the educational achievement of African-American students. (more...)
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