Does Size Matter?
Yes, it does, at least when it comes to class size.Recently Governor Romney visited Pennsylvania and made the remark, “a think tank type group went and looked at South Korea and Singapore and around the United States and said, gosh, in the schools the highest performing in the world, their classroom sizes are about the same in the United States .” Is education a priority in those countries? I bet it is.
Arne Duncan, the Education Secretary, has also called class size “a sacred cow,” “and I think we need to take it on,” said in March 2011. He later said, “My point there was that I think the quality of the teacher is so hugely important. I’ve said things like, give me the parent, give me an option of 28 children in a class with a phenomenal teacher or 22 children in a
