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New online tests hold promise, perils

A student at Townsend Elementary School in the Appoquinimink School District in Delaware takes a computer-based test.   Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report TOWNSEND, Del. – On a recent afternoon at Townsend Elementary School here, a little boy squinted at a computer screen and gripped his mouse. He was stuck. Half of the screen contained an article […]

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Despite state subsidies, class sizes begin to rise again in California schools

Most of California’s largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history.

 California Watch surveyed the 30 largest K-12 school districts in the state and found that many schools are pushing class sizes to 24 in some or all of the early […]

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How do California student-teacher ratios compare?

Select any state on the left to see how it compares to California in terms of student-to-teacher ration for public, K-12 schools. Source:  National Education Association (NEA) Rankings and Estimates 2006–07. Figures refer to the ratio between students and all full-time, credentialed teaching staff in a school during the 2006-2007 school year. This is the most recent […]