After years of rallying, protesting, and demanding class size reductions, the parents and teachers of New York won! The legislature passed a bill mandating a reduction in class sizes.
This is the single most powerful reform that will help students, especially the neediest students, who will benefit from smaller classes and more teacher attention.
Class size reduction matters more than school choice or teacher evaluation or other expensive but ineffective fads.
A special shout out to Leonie Haimson, the unpaid executive director of Class Size matters, who has fought this battle with all her time and energy for years.
I'm proud to say that I am a board member of Class Size Matters and Leonie is a board member of the Network for Public Education.
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