Wednesday, September 17, 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge from Te@chThought: Day 17

In response to the recent challenge from te@chthought, I'm participating in a 30 day blogging mission, starting September 1st!

Day 17
What do you think is the most challenging issue in education today?

Class size.  

It's my opinion that a smaller class (not too small) solves a great number of the concerns facing education today: differentiation, ownership, community, academics, teacher workload, student sense of belonging, graduation rate, parent-teacher communication, and more.  It doesn't solve the standardized testing issue, but it does offer a greater opportunity for a teacher to reach a student individually, thereby making test scores a secondary measure of identity in the school consciousness regarding achievement.

Rethinking Schools publishes an interview with Alex Molnar, director of the Center for Education Research, Analysis, and Innovation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukie

Great!Schools highlights the benefits of smaller class sizes

Brian Lehrer asking NYC teachers to call in to talk about class size



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