Sentences with phrase «bring about class size»

Finally, the Florida information tells us what happens when a state government tries to bring about class size reduction on a large scale, whereas the Tennessee experiment was limited to only a fairly small number of schools and to much larger reductions in class size.

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Mejias talked about all the benefits — including additional teachers to reduce class sizes and refurbished computers into kids» homes — that the grant money brought the school until the evaluations dispute froze the money flow.

Almost every day brings another story somewhere in the state about teacher assistant layoffs, the loss of teacher positions, an increase in class size, or less money for supplies and instructional support for teachers and students.

I don't believe, however, that reducing class size alone is a sufficient catalyst for us as teachers to jettison our old instructional habits or to help us adopt more fruitful ways of thinking about and acting on the multiple needs that students inevitably bring to the classroom.