Sentences with phrase «like class size reductions»

Moreover, the program proved to be a highly cost - effective means of improving reading scores, especially when compared with the common alternatives, like class size reductions and raising teachers» salaries.

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Bulging class sizes, stagnant salaries, fewer teachers and limited supplies of everything from books to copy paper: That is what the reduction in per - pupil state funding looks like in thousands of classrooms around the country since the Great Recession — despite a much vaunted economic recovery.

By going back to the tried - and - true rhetoric of class size reduction, the union would like to distract attention from any alternative school improvement policies.

I'd like to see class - size reduction, for instance, paired with an increase in qualified teachers, a greater utilization of technology, and rigorous and relevant curriculum.

This is especially important when charters are compared to other education reforms like universal pre-kindergarten or class size reduction, both of which have shown far larger positive impacts.

Programs like class - size reduction are fine candidates for improving the progress of poor students and the working conditions of teachers, but they may not always work as we hope.

The new budget proposes about $ 4 billion in cuts to programs like literacy for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, class - size reduction, and after - school and summer programs.

Charter schools have been disproportionally hit during the budget crisis due to the fact that new and growing schools have been «frozen out» of the flex lock - in, charters have limited access to categorical funding like K - 3 Class Size Reduction, and charters are devastated by deferrals because they lack access to short - term working capital.