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Governor Puts Onus of Bigger Classes on Local N.C. School Boards

Jim Stegall

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 10, 2009

A last-minute, face-saving deal on class size allowed North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue (D) to shift blame for the loss of teaching positions in this ... (read more)

Cutting Costs or Cutting Corners?

Marc Holley, Brent Riffel, and Brian Kisida

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / August 01, 2007

As the debate over school size continues, it's up to educators and policymakers to maintain the delicate balance between what's best for students and what's ... (read more)

British Study Casts Doubt on Benefits of Class-Size Reductions

Lisa Snell

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2005

A recent British study has cast serious doubt on the commonly held notion that smaller class sizes can by themselves improve student achievement. A team ... (read more)

Class-Size Reduction Brings Mixed Results

Lisa Snell

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / January 01, 2004

Two recent studies of student achievement for students enrolled in class-size reduction programs in Wisconsin and California offer mixed results and call ... (read more)

A Classic-ic Mistake

David W. Kirkpatrick

Intellectual Ammunition / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2003

Periodically, public education is seized by a fad regardless of whether it has any real effect. One such is the rush toward reducing class size to some ... (read more)

Florida Voters May Regret Class Size Vote

Robert Holland

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2003

As Florida’s governor and legislature grapple with the staggering fiscal implications of implementing a voter mandate to reduce K-12 class sizes, multiple ... (read more)

Class-Size Effects in School Systems Around the World: Evidence from Between-Grade Variation in TIMSS

Ludger WoBmann and Martin West

Program on Education Policy and Governance / March 26, 2002

Many Benefits to Smaller Schools

George A. Clowes

Intellectual Ammunition / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2003

Having fewer students per school is one of only three inputs found to have a positive impact on educational achievement, according to a statistical analysis ... (read more)

Smaller Classes No Remedy for Poor Teachers

George A. Clowes

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2002

For the second year running, a reduced class-size intervention program for disadvantaged K-3 children in Wisconsin has yielded significant findings that ... (read more)

What Should We Expect from Smaller Classes

George A. Clowes

Intellectual Ammunition / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2002

While recognizing that "class-size reduction has lately gone from being a subject of primary academic interest to a policy juggernaut," a group of international ... (read more)