Hillsborough has a class size problem. Leaders don’t see an easy fix

Some Hillsborough schools’ class sizes have outgrown legal limits, and officials don’t see a clear path to shrinking them ...
AOL

Does Class Size Matter?

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 ...
Education Week

Class Size

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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Class Size Matters, but Not in the Way You Think

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 ...
New York Post

State law lowering class sizes at public schools will cost NYC $2B a year: study

The new “unfunded” state-mandated smaller class size rule is projected to cost New York City nearly $2 billion annually once the change is fully implemented in five years. The city’s Independent ...
EdSource

Class-size conundrum at the heart of Los Angeles teachers strike

April 9, 2026 - Some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities at UC Merced. Editor's Note: A version of this story aired on ...
Los Angeles Times

Class-Size Reduction Initiatives Faltering

Cash-strapped school districts and states across the country are backing away from reductions in class size, a reform touted in recent years as a magic bullet for improving ailing public schools. In ...
Chalkbeat on MSN

Mamdani campaigned on fulfilling NYC’s class size mandate. So why is he pushing for a delay?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is seeking to delay NYC’s class size mandate. Albany lawmakers are weighing changes as part of the state ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Schools struggle to meet new class-size rules. What does that mean for your child?

Hundreds of Wake County elementary school students will likely finish the school year in larger classes than the state allows. Wake school leaders say 95 classes need a waiver from the state law that ...
NPR

The Los Angeles Teacher Strike's Class Size Conundrum

Los Angeles science teacher Michele Levin knows she caught a break: She only has about 33 students in each of her classes at Daniel Webster Middle School — pretty small, by district standards. In most ...
Education Week

Class Size

Only very large reductions in class size—cuts on the order of seven to 10 students per class—are likely to lead to significant long-term effects on student achievement, a new research synthesis says.