In a buzzing classroom at Rogers Street Academy this spring, 24 kindergartners were remarkably on task all at once. Teacher Araceli Barroso was focused on two of them. At a small table together, the ...

Oregon teachers have twice come tantalizingly close to winning the right to require their employers to bargain over caps on class sizes, a resonant issue for parents who are hungry for more focus and ...

This year, schools were encouraged to come up with their own plans to lower their class sizes and apply to the Department of Education for funding. By Claire Fahy Two years ago, New York State ...

Lansing — A state lawmaker argued Tuesday against ongoing efforts to cap class sizes in Michigan elementary schools, saying classes of 30, 40 or even 50 students had worked successfully in the 1920s ...

Recent headlines about Oregon’s education system are less than promising. After years of improvement, Oregon’s graduation rate has stalled around 81%. And the release of national test scores shows ...