Sentences with phrase «falling class sizes»

No one knows for sure why math achievement has risen so rapidly, but it's likely some combination of standards - based reforms, rising education expenditures, and falling class sizes.

This may have been an important factor in recent years, but rising costs and falling class sizes pre-date widespread unionization.

While this can explain falling class sizes and the declining quality of female teachers, it can not account for the decline in the quality of male teachers.

Not exact matches

Typical ocean models that incorporate plankton often group them in 10 general size classes, each of which fall into a «two - guild» structure, as either photosynthesizers, or consumers of prey.

Researchers have found that most planets discovered by Kepler so far fall into two distinct size classes: the rocky Earths and super-Earths, and the mini-Neptunes.

Class size has fallen markedly over the past few decades.

In fact, some Los Angeles students saw their test scores fall as a result of the 1996 statewide program, which sought to lower class sizes in kindergarten through the 3rd grade.

However, from 1950 to 1970, class sizes fell by 20 percent.

This could explain falling quality and class sizes and rising per - pupil costs.

And pupil - teacher ratios have fallen by almost 50 percent due to investments in class - size reduction and an increase in the number of teachers who are not assigned to full classrooms (see Figure 2).

Falling staff numbers as a result of education funding cuts has made some schools increase class sizes, a poll shows.

Project STAR was an experimental study of class - size reduction that also began in the fall of 1985.

Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio) was a large - scale class - size experiment that began with kindergarten students in the fall of 1985.

The Education Next research article «Stuck in the Middle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 schools.

In reality, until this year, class sizes across America have fallen for the last 15 years, to new lows.

The initiatives we have emphasized in policy discussions — class - size reduction, curriculum revamping, reorganization of school schedule, investment in technology — all fall far short of the impact that good teachers can have in the classroom.

For instance, per - pupil spending has risen sharply while class size has fallen significantly (see Figures 6 - 8).

Under Mr. Wilson's amended budget proposal, another $ 230 million would be pumped into the state's K - 3 class - size - reduction effort, raising revenue for the program to $ 1.5 billion beginning in the fall.

However, we usually expand our class size slightly in sixth grade and we expect to have at least 10 seats available in sixth grade for fall 2018, possibly more.

Some area legislators are hoping to move forward legislation they say will provide relief to local school districts whose officials are worried about meeting mandated class - size limits this fall.

To comply with a new class size law this fall, Elizabeth City - Pasquotank Public Schools officials estimate they'll need an additional $ 1 million to fund the hiring of 20 additional teachers for the elementary - school grads.

Some of the biggest axes would fall on a $ 2.3 billion program for teacher training and class - size reduction, and a $ 1.2 billion after - school program, which serves nearly 2 million children, many of them poor.

They buy basic classroom supplies with their own money, deal with swelling class sizes, shoulder more responsibility when they lose their classroom aides, make do with outdated technology, and try to fill in the gaps when after - school programming and extracurricular activities fall by the wayside.

«The Senate has had numerous opportunities to address the class size chaos both in special sessions last fall and again this month,» Jewell said.

Other reasons given include falling numbers of support staff (33 per cent), demands from school leaders or governments (33 per cent) and increasing class sizes (27 per cent).

«In an era when the rich just get richer while the poor seem to fall through the cracks, we need to come together and speak out for change — whether it's smaller class sizes, training for educators, fair pay and benefits, health care or safer work environments.»

e vast majority of this new money would go not to reducing class sizes but mainly to restore teacher pay which had also fallen to near the worst in the nation

State Republican legislative leaders said they will phase in the smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of lowering them at once this fall.

With more than 100,000 teaching positions estimated to have been erased across the country this year, many back - to - school stories this fall have zeroed in on teacher layoffs and larger class sizes.

Indeed, other studies have confirmed that when class sizes are lowered, teacher turnover rates fall.

Though anecdotal reports in California said teachers from disadvantaged schools fled when new positions opened up in other schools when class sizes were reduced, what the follow - up studies show is that after rising temporarily in all schools, teacher migration rates fell dramatically to much lower levels than before, most sharply in schools with large numbers of poor students.

«C» refers to an international size class, which in the U.S. falls into the compact class.

«With the introduction of the all - new, second - generation Armada full - size SUV, the last piece of Nissan's transformation of its SUV and crossover lineup falls into place following the recent makeovers of our Pathfinder, Murano and Rogue models,» said Phil O'Connor, Director, Chief Marketing Manager, Nissan North America, Inc. «We're particularly proud that with this new Armada we're setting a new standard in class, offering advanced safety and security features usually reserved for much higher priced luxury sedans or premium SUVs.»

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According to NALP's recent Perspectives on Fall 2012 Law Student Recruiting, law firms continue to bring in small summer classes, with median and average class size barely increasing from recession - era lows.