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Removing caps on class sizes is a failure of both education and economics
Friday, January 25th, 2019
Research on the correlation between class size and student achievement… determined that children in classes with fewer than 20 students learn more, learn better and are less likely to fail… and that the investment required to maintain this ratio more than pays off in the reduction of remedial supports and student’s higher economic performance as adults… The educational case against the removal of caps is damning, but so too is the economic one.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living
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