Clear evidence shows an impact on teaching methods and the learning experience, write Stephen L. Benton and William H. Pallett. In October, during the final 2012 U.S. presidential debate, the topic of ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. After dropping for decades, average class sizes in American schools may be growing again as schools cope with budget shortfalls. Although some educators see the ...

Editor's Note: A version of this story aired on KPCC. Listen to it here. Science teacher Michelle Levin has only 33 kids in each of her classes — which makes her fortunate. That’s not because a class ...

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The discussion about the importance of class size has been ongoing for decades. While some still argue that class size doesn’t make a noticeable difference in the quality of education, research has ...

As a strike looms, the Chicago Teachers Union held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to call attention to one of its biggest issues: a demand for lower class sizes. The press conference was held ...

Regulations that hold preschool class sizes at or below 20 and that require one teacher for every 10 children, are largely adequate for most children, according to a recent study that analyzed nearly ...

Los Angeles science teacher Michele Levin knows she caught a break: She only has about 33 students in each of her classes at Daniel Webster Middle School — pretty small, by district standards. In most ...

A proposed policy change would allow the superintendent to transfer students, even against their parents' wishes, among ...