Supersized classes found in city schools:
"Last year at Aden Bowman Collegiate, 41 kids were in one Grade 10 history class.
In the city's northeast, Centennial Collegiate had 40 kids in a Science 10 class, and across the river at Bishop James Mahoney, one Physics 30 class had 40 students.
Class size is just one of many variables in education, such as the programs a school offers, or the abilities of the teacher."
But within the friendly-looking, class-average sizes in the mid-20s lurk some supersized classes -- and often, those classes are in core subjects such as English, math, social studies and sciences.
The StarPhoenix obtained stacks of class size data from Saskatoon's public and Catholic school divisions that show many high school classes, especially in core subjects, have 30 or more kids in front of one teacher.
"Last year at Aden Bowman Collegiate, 41 kids were in one Grade 10 history class.
In the city's northeast, Centennial Collegiate had 40 kids in a Science 10 class, and across the river at Bishop James Mahoney, one Physics 30 class had 40 students.
Class size is just one of many variables in education, such as the programs a school offers, or the abilities of the teacher."
But within the friendly-looking, class-average sizes in the mid-20s lurk some supersized classes -- and often, those classes are in core subjects such as English, math, social studies and sciences.
The StarPhoenix obtained stacks of class size data from Saskatoon's public and Catholic school divisions that show many high school classes, especially in core subjects, have 30 or more kids in front of one teacher.
