Sentences with phrase «class size mandate»

In theory, said Rep. Blackwell, reduced class sizes can be a good thing — but it's a much more complicated issue than simply reducing class size alone, and he says he doesn't support the forced class size mandate in its current form.

«I have no confidence that we have sufficient teachers that would meet the demand for a smaller class size mandate,» said Horn.

RALEIGH (February 8, 2018)-- North Carolina's students, families, teachers and schools badly needed certainty on this K - 3 Class Size Mandate issue, which is why we made it # 1 in our Top 10 Education Issues for 2018.

Thank you so much for your continued dissection of the state's funding for teachers and the unfunded class size mandate.

Despite little evidence that class size correlates to better education, fully 21 percent of the growth of the teaching profession is a result of various class size mandates.

«Forecasting what will be the top education issues in any given year can a tricky business and last year we whiffed on the K - 3 class size mandate because we anticipated a quick resolution,» Poston said.

Senate Bill 703, which would ease the class size mandate until state officials come up with a plan to fund it, was referred to the Senate Rules Committee on Jan. 12.

Last week, hundreds of parents, teachers and students descended on Raleigh calling on the General Assembly to address the K - 3 class size mandate they say is creating chaos in schools across the state.

Rep. Horn said he's frustrated his Senate colleagues are not ready to talk about the negative impacts the class size mandate is having on schools and families.

According to Rep. Horn, the General Assembly should consider the following to ease the burden that their class size mandate is having on districts: extend the period of implementation so there's more time for planning and extend more resources so that districts can hire the teachers and build the space they need to satisfy the mandate.

North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that's having a big impact on schools and families may need a Plan B.

The General Assembly granted a temporary reprieve earlier this year so that the full effect of the class size mandate would not be felt until 2018 - 19, and included a pledge in law that they would fund enhancement teachers beginning in 2018 — a pledge that, so far, has not been fulfilled.

In Wake County, a fast - growing district, the class size mandate has resulted in the Wake County Board of Education considering reassignment proposals that would force many families to leave their base schools.

$ 8 billion: Estimated amount of infrastructure needs in the state's public school systems, not including the cost of new classrooms needed to meet the legislature's class size mandate.

A grassroots group of advocates pushing to repeal the class size mandate is planning a rally Saturday in Raleigh.

School district leaders said they agree with the intent of the class size mandate, if not the execution.

By Lindsay Wagner North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that's having a big impact on schools and families may need a plan B. House lawmakers say they are keenly interested in legislative action next month that...

The Durham Public Schools had projected it would need 63 additional classrooms — the equivalent of two elementary schools — and 90 teachers to meet the class size mandate.

A fix to the class size mandate was «critically important,» Sekel said.

RALEIGH, NC (January 24, 2018)-- The Public School Forum of North Carolina released its Top 10 Education Issues for 2018 today during its fourth annual Eggs & Issues Breakfast in Raleigh, where the Forum's Executive Director, Keith Poston, declared the K - 3 class size mandate and school funding among the most pressing issues facing North Carolina schools for 2018.

«The class size mandate is affecting every single school in North Carolina,» says Keith Poston, president and executive director of the Public School Forum.