The questions we should ask when it comes to class size in N.J. schools

Laura Waters:

Mitt Romney visited a charter school in West Philadelphia last Thursday and, either brazenly or cluelessly, addressed that third rail of education politics, class size.

"In schools that are the highest-performing in the world," he said, "their classroom sizes are about the same as in the United States. So it's not the classroom size that's driving the success of those school systems."
An opportunity for a rational discussion of the costs and benefits of small class size?

More like a greedy Democratic pounce on Romney's education street cred. President Obama's spokeswoman sneered, "What planet does he live on?"
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter emoted, "I'm not sure what universe he's operating in, but we certainly know in Pennsylvania, every parent knows, every second-grader knows, that smaller class sizes are preferable."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 4, 2012 1:29 AM
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