Class-Size Reduction
As our country continues to grow, so do our classrooms in which our future
is grown. Crowded classrooms can make it difficult for children to learn and can
increase stress to pass a class. Reducing class sizes at an early age can "improve
student learning" by their being exposed to more one on one attention with a
teacher (Class-Size Reduction Program). To achieve this goal, the Class-Size
Reduction Program calls for more and better-qualified teachers with more classrooms.
Some might see this as a great expense with an increase of taxes. Yet, Congress
has already approved $1.3 billion last year to help reduce our schoolsí class sizes.
The goal to is to bring down the average size classroom of 25 students to about 18
students per teacher. In those schools that have already taken advantage of this
program, students have shown a great deal of improvement in grades and on tests
(U.S. Department of Education 1 and 2). Though expensive, class size reduction is a
necessity because research has shown that children are more successful in
learning environments which have fewer students.
In 1998, Bill Clinton paved the way for the Class-Size Reduction Program
when he said
"Reducing class size is one of the most important investments we can
make in our childrenís future. Recent research confirms what parents have
always known. Children learn better in small classes with good
teachers, and kids who start out in smaller classes do better right
through their high school graduation." (U.S. Department of Education 1)
After Clintonís proposal, Congress granted $1.2 billion to help hir...
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...ucation. More dollars for fewer students in the classroom and more dollars for
new, well trained teachers are key ingredients in the recipe for student success.
Works Cited
Class-Size Reduction Program. http://ed.gov/offices/OESE/ClassSize/index.html
Class-Size Reduction Program. Myths and Realities. 7 Oct. 2001
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/ClassSize/myths.html
Cohen, Michael, etal. U.S. Department of Education. The Class-Size Reduction Program
September 2000.
Flannery, Pat. "Smaller classes come at high cost." The Arizona Republic on the Web
1 Oct. 2003. 8 Oct. 2001. <http://www.arizonarepublic.com/cgi-bin/print.php3>
U.S. Department of Education. Final FY 2001 Class Size Reduction State Allocations.
7 October 2003. <http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/ClassSize/CSAllocation/cs-usa.html
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