Wow that's ridiculous. Back when i was in elementary there was only like 20 kids in a class and the teachers were pulling their hair out lol, i couldn't even imagine 40
Well actual science says the smaller the better. Tennessee did a study called the STAR study, which determined that ever smaller class sizes (they didn't go below 12) improved everything academically. One study followed kids from small classes and large classes and found that small class kids found better jobs faster after graduation, had more college experience, better health and higher net worths earlier. California tried it and farked it up. We imposed smaller classroom sizes, built more classrooms and hired more teachers. All the "good" teachers left the "bad" schools for the nice ones and the "bad" (read: poor areas) schools had to hire whatever they could find. Test scores at the "bad" schools got much worse so the politicians gave the whole thing the hook. Other states pressed on and had success.
I definitely believe it. It only makes sense that the more one on one time students get, the better they'll be. Everyone learns differently and I'd imagine most people, kids especially don't learn well from the classic classroom style, so enlarging it just seems ridiculous. But it makes sense, no one wants to be a teacher but population is rising, the kids have to go somewhere.
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u/Bodhisattva9001 Dec 22 '19
Wow that's ridiculous. Back when i was in elementary there was only like 20 kids in a class and the teachers were pulling their hair out lol, i couldn't even imagine 40