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.

In their commentary “It’s Not All About Class Size” (The Chronicle, January 30), Stephen J. Ceci and Spyros Konstantopoulos argue that reducing class size increases test-score variability in the ...

Maybe your first grader came home excited to tell you about all twenty-seven of her new classmates and you freaked. Maybe you’re considering shelling out for that fancy Montessori school that promises ...

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 ...

Back in 1982, as New Jersey’s commissioner of education, I made several recommendations to then-Gov. Thomas H. Kean concerning teachers. These ideas, all of which the governor embraced, stirred ...

A bill to make class sizes a mandatory topic of bargaining between Oregon school districts and their local teacher unions appears poised to clear a key hurdle in Salem this week. Should the concept ...

President Christopher Eisgruber's long-planned expansion of the student body will have a smaller effect on the Class of 2027 after enrollment numbers decreased by 8.93 percent from the Class of 2026.

Of the many changes teachers and administrators have seen at Clark County School District schools this spring, the most dramatic is the sparse student populations that returned to campuses as they ...

As a strike looms, the Chicago Teachers Union held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to call attention to one of its biggest issues: a demand for lower class sizes. The press conference was held ...

“Small class size” has long been a hallmark of Bethel University. At Bethel, the average undergraduate class size is 19.42, with 98.6% of classes holding less than 50 students. It’s always been ...

The next mediation session is scheduled for Feb. 29. If negotiations reach the point of a strike, it likely wouldn’t happen until early April After 10 months of bargaining and an impasse declaration ...