Saturday, February 23, 2008
Class size reduction works
I have repeatedly heard that studies show class size reduction is not effective. Where are these studies? When were they done? I am willing to guess standards were not as high when these studies occurred. I currently have twenty students in my classroom and I feel I hardly have enough time to meet all of their personal needs. My district has decided to get rid of class size reduction next year. This means that I will have 32 students in my kindergarten class next year instead of twenty. I feel I won't be as effective of a teacher with this many students in my classroom. There has got to be a better way to deal with the budget cuts. I think that it is the students who will hurt from this decision. Does anyone know of any studies that proves class size reduction is effective?
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I do not know of any studies and i find that so hard to believe. It just seems like common sense that having fewer students per teacher would result in kids learning more, because you would be more likely to give them more one on one attention. Particularly in kindergarten i am sure when attention spans are very low, i assume everytime you take a moment to focus on one student another one takes that opportunity to make trouble. 32 kids just seems like way too much. Maybe in the higher up grades it wouldn't be so bad when students know what is expected of them a bit more already, but the first few years of school kids need a lot more help.
They just don't give a shit!! That sucks, I know. But how the hell do they expect teachers to give their full attention to every student to have each one feel just as important as the next, with that many? I guess that is why there are assistants, but still! They really are not thinking of the children, or even the teachers sanity at that, that's shitty!! I dont know of any studies either. That is not cool tho!
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