We Are Not Alone #25 — Class Size and Segregation Edition

Posted by on October 10th, 2008 at 07:11pm

andyhajek wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
I’ve written about the Student Achievement Guaranty in Education (SAGE) as an underfunded mandate, and noted the trend toward increasing class sizes around the state, especially but not exclusively in districts where referenda have failed.  A report from Verona shows how vulnerable this proven educational practice is –  even growing districts — under our broken system.
We all know that declining enrollment districts have been hit hard, but despite adding 100 students this year, Verona is considering dropping out or getting kicked out of SAGE, of denying their students the benefits of small classes in the early grades.
Verona is having troubles with the new strictness on the 15/1 ratio, and having troubles paying to keep this ratio out of general operating funds.  If they drop or lose SAGE, they will lose $850,000, but to comply with the rules would mean adding classes at an additional cost of $430,000. Even without the […]

Read the rest of this great post here

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