Here are the average classroom sizes for all 50 states - INSIDER

Here are the average classroom sizes for all 50 states - INSIDER

Here are the average classroom sizes for all 50 states

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• More students are graduating from high school in the United States than ever before.
• Increased student enrollment and lackluster public school funding have led to overcrowding in classrooms across the country.
• INSIDER looked at National Center for Education Statistics data to find the average class sizes for elementary and high schools in every state.
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More students are graduating from high school than ever before. Just last year, 84.6% of the US national graduation class walked away from high school with a diploma. Along with these increased graduation rates, schools around the country are also witnessing an increase in general enrollment. And while that's generally a positive development it does have one unintended consequence: overcrowded classrooms.

Overcrowding in schools has become such a concern that some states have taken legislative measures to cap the number of students in a given classroom. In 2002, for example, Florida made an amendment to its state constitution setting a clear limit on students per class: 22 students for elementary schools and 25 for high schools.

INSIDER used data from the National Center for Education Statistics on classroom sizes around the country to see how the states stack up against each other. To put those classrooms in context, INSIDER also looked at data on how much each state spends on child education, their overall student to teacher ratios, and the average high school graduation rates.

Continue scrolling below to find out the average class sizes for elementary schools and high school in all 50 states. All class sizes listed reflect 2012 statistics unless otherwise noted. CONTINUE READING: Here are the average classroom sizes for all 50 states - INSIDER

Ohio’s New State Budget Is a School Voucher Expansion Bonanza at the Expense of Public Education | janresseger

Ohio’s New State Budget Is a School Voucher Expansion Bonanza at the Expense of Public Education | janresseger

Ohio’s New State Budget Is a School Voucher Expansion Bonanza at the Expense of Public Education

Ohio has five voucher programs.  Two of them are for students with autism and other disabilities, and their enrollment depends on the incidence of these conditions and parents’ awareness of the availability of voucher funds to pay for private programs.  A third voucher program—the Cleveland Scholarship Program—one of the oldest in the country—is for students in Cleveland.

This blog post will focus on the last two—EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion.  They are statewide Ohio school voucher programs designed specifically, according to the Republican lawmakers who have designed and promoted these programs, to enable students to escape so-called “failing” schools.  It is important to remember that those same legislators have failed adequately to fund the public schools in Ohio’s poorest school districts, and those same legislators have looked at state takeover as another “solution” (besides expanding vouchers and charter schools) for the students in those districts.  Ohio education policy for school districts serving very poor children is defined by punishment, not support.

EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion vouchers rob the public schools of essential dollars needed to educate the majority of Ohio’s students who remain in public schools.  And the vouchers are used primarily by students enrolled in religious schools. Through EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion vouchers, the state is sending millions of tax dollars out of the state’s public education budget and out of the coffers of local school districts to fund the religious education of students who would likely never have enrolled in public schools in the first place.

The problem just got worse this summer when the Ohio Legislature passed a two year budget which radically expands both programs.  The Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO) recently published an update on its website to inform school treasurers about what CONTINUIE READING: Ohio’s New State Budget Is a School Voucher Expansion Bonanza at the Expense of Public Education | janresseger

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