New report: Southern states should rethink raising class size in early grades | Get Schooled

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New report: Southern states should rethink raising class size in early grades

by Maureen Downey

If every school in the country reduced class size by even one student, the annual cost would be $10 billion. (AJC file)

There is still a great deal of debate around whether smaller classes are worth the high cost. The Southern Regional Education Board takes on the topic in a new report, noting that it would cost more than $10 billion a year if schools nationwide reduced average class size by even one student.
The report, “Smart Class-Size Policies for Lean Times,” says that the public, when given a choice between “smaller classes with average-performing teachers” and “larger classes with better-than-average teachers,”