Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe your first grader came home excited to tell you about all twenty-seven of her new classmates and you freaked. Maybe you’re ...

A new poll by the Maryland State Education Association finds large class sizes are exacerbating staffing shortages in schools.MSEA said its poll found educators reported that class sizes are ...

Editor’s Note: This version was published in 2004. An updated version is available from 2011. In recent years, reducing class size has gained increased prominence as a school-improvement strategy.

Includes updates and/or revisions. After dropping for decades, average class sizes in American schools may be growing again as schools cope with budget shortfalls. Although some educators see the ...

ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst School District 205's top official on Tuesday addressed the debate over class sizes in local elementary schools, months after parents started expressing concern at school board ...

Class sizes throughout Oregon are near their lowest point in years, thanks to a potent combination of declining enrollment in public schools and an infusion of federal pandemic recovery funds, new ...

Class size limits for K-12 schools in Tennessee would no longer be state-regulated under new legislation filed by Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, on Tuesday. Instead, decisions about student-teacher ...

Mitt Romney found himself on the opposite side of a skeptical audience on Thursday in Philadelphia, after he seemed to dismiss the impact of class sizes on student achievement. At an event capping a ...

On June 3, in a tremendous victory for New York City children, the Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that would obligate the city’s public schools to lower class size. This bill was a long time ...