The kindergarten and primary teachers and students in California have been given an important gift this fall (1996) – reduced class size. Now districts must choose between implementing reduced classes in kindergarten through second grade or in first through third grade. A majority of the State of California’s youngest students will be assigned to classes with twenty students. The impact of this fundamental change in class size will be felt throughout the State.
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What an outstanding plan: The 1996 class size reduction. Here we are in 2014, with K-3 class sizes back up to, at some schools, 30 students per class. Once a good plan—so short-lived.