This year, schools were encouraged to come up with their own plans to lower their class sizes and apply to the Department of Education for funding. By Claire Fahy Two years ago, New York State ...

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

Ideal class size is something that has been on legislators’ minds as they recalibrate school funding in the state, and ...

The new “unfunded” state-mandated smaller class size rule is projected to cost New York City nearly $2 billion annually once the change is fully implemented in five years. The city’s Independent ...

A key education advocacy group is asking the state to force New York City public schools into revising this year’s class size plan. In a 23-page letter to the New York State Education Department, ...

Responding to concerns from families and staff about high class sizes at Milwaukee Public Schools, driving some teachers to leave the district, the Journal Sentinel sought to find out where class ...

The controversial state law requiring New York City public schools to reduce class sizes across the board could become more problematic and reduce “equity” for the neediest students amid budget cuts ...