Entering a third-grade classroom in a high-poverty school, I saw lots of children for early elementary. “How many children do you have?” I asked the teacher. “Today I have 27,” she said. “But I have ...

Conversations about class size have swept across Oregon over the past few years, particularly for students in elementary grades. Teachers have largely driven discussions, advocating for smaller class ...

Contrary to “Role of Class Size in Success Unclear” (Feb. 5), reducing class sizes in the earliest grades is a proven reform that benefits children of all backgrounds, especially poor, minority, inner ...

Recently I read an article about the failure of New York City schools to prepare students to read. The article highlighted some really dire statistics. As a teacher and union advocate, I cannot say ...

In a buzzing classroom at Rogers Street Academy this spring, 24 kindergartners were remarkably on task all at once. Teacher Araceli Barroso was focused on two of them. At a small table together, the ...

Schools in four districts around Michigan could get a $65 million boost to help keep class sizes small for the littlest learners under newly proposed legislation. Two bills were introduced in the ...

TRUMBULL — Each of Trumbull's six elementary schools has at least one grade with a total student enrollment that has created class sizes that are meeting or surpassing district guidelines.