Tuesday, December 6, 2011

NYC Educator: Let's Ask the KIds How They Feel about Class Size

NYC Educator: Let's Ask the KIds How They Feel about Class Size:

Let's Ask the KIds How They Feel about Class Size

After reading Mayor Bloomberg's fascinating views on class size(for everyone else's kids, of course, not his own), I realized whose voices weren't being heard in the discussion: Those of the children. I thought about some recurring comments made under the collective breath of my class of 30+ tenth graders who are crammed into middle-school-sized desks in a room that, as you know, typically hovers at