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 ...

Capping enrollment at high-demand schools. Merging schools located in the same buildings. Moving some 3-K and prekindergarten programs out of K-12 schools. Paying extra to bring more teachers to ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

The Denver teachers union has filed a grievance alleging that Denver Public Schools is violating a new provision of the ...

New York City public schools have set a hiring goal of 3,700 new teachers across hundreds of schools ahead of a key state deadline to lower class sizes, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday. During a news ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...