Back in 2021, then-Speaker of the House, now Gov. Tina Kotek brokered a compromise on class size, allowing it to be a mandatory topic of bargaining only for schools that receive Title I funding ...

Parents of elementary school students in the Port Washington School District raised concerns about large class sizes at the school’s board of education meeting on Tuesday, April 8. At recent ...

However, according to class size data Swartz Creek Community Schools shared with The News, Elms Road has five fourth grade classes with at least 28 students, including one with 32 students.

Students are dismissed from New Lebanon School in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn. March 27, 2024. Parents have told the PTA Council they're worried about class sizes at the elementary level.

Small Class Sizes Are a Top Priority for Teachers. ... Christopher Jepsen and Steven Rivkin found, were offset by the large increase in teachers with no prior experience or full certification.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law in 2022 a landmark piece of legislation that would limit class sizes citywide. Implementation began in fall 2023, with the law taking full effect in 2028.

"Class size law, at its full implementation, will require us to hire 10,000 to 12,000 new teachers," Banks said. And with a national teacher shortage, ...

The bill arrives in the wake of recent divisive, weekslong teacher strikes in Portland in late 2023 and Albany last fall in which class sizes were a key sticking point.

Oregon teachers have twice come tantalizingly close to winning the right to require their employers to bargain over caps on class sizes, a resonant issue for parents who are hungry for more focus ...