Tradeoffs: Reduce Class Sizes Or Increase Teacher Pay?

Thursday, October 6, 2011 Tradeoffs: Reduce Class Sizes Or Increase Teacher Pay? NEW YORK -- Every morning at PS 148 in East Elmhurst, Queens, teacher Monique Bertolotti greets her 27 third graders, who speak English as a second language, with a reading exercise. Classes began on Sept. 13, but because of the volume of students in her class, it was only Wednesday -- three weeks later -- that Bertolotti got to sit down with two new Colombian students, Nicole and Amy, to help them acclimate. WATCH: Anonymous Blogger Who Exposed Bad School Lunches Revealed On GMA Minority Students Face Harsher Punishments, Report Shows Accused Atlanta Schools Officials Want Erasure Analysis Thrown Out WATCH: Cop Slams Student Into Cafeteria Table Prosecutors Go For Round 2 In Gay Teen Slaying BLOG POSTS Jeanne Allen: Who Can Wait? Too many state leaders are still failing to do what they can to put laws to work in the best interest of kids. They boast of "sound processes," "collaboration," and various interpretations of law. They avoid the "fierce urgency of now" when making decisions. Lucy Broadbent: Swimming Against the Current In an age when arts programs are disappearing faster than invisible ink across the country, one small independent school in Los Angeles is swimming against the tide. Lydia Dobyns: Schools for Tomorrow Are Here Today.... so Why Aren't We Doing More of What Works? The choices we face in changing education are not black and white. The menu of change does not consist of either 'keep bad public schools' or 'open more charter schools.' Beckley Mason: Time to Gear Up for International Walk to School Day On Wednesday, October 5th, students will join up for International Walk to School Day. Alameda county's participation is representative of the momentum that the "Walk to School" movement is gaining around the country and the world. Caryl Rivers: Co-education Is Good Science The single-sex movement in public schools has been growing fast, but there is little to no evidence that single-sex classrooms improve academic achievement.

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