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September 21, 2007
September 21, 2007
Grand Rapids Press, MI: KISD Seeks Independent Audit on Student Transfers - Kent County educators want the state Education Department to audit their school transfer policies as parents complain Grand Rapids administrators are preventing some students from attending suburban schools.
Lawrence Journal World, KS: Virtual school spurs district increase - Lawrence Virtual School, which opened in 2004 and enrolls students from across the state, continues to drive the district’s overall growth. Before it opened, the district saw four years of decline.
Leland Tribune, NC: Lessons from an Education Poll - Education-policy researchers have found that, across the board, the most important factor in school effectiveness is teacher quality, while average class size has only a modest effect. Based on the evidence, it would be reasonable to conclude that scarce resources should be devoted first to recruiting and retaining better teachers, and secondarily to reducing the number of students exposed to the average teacher. The public doesn’t agree, however. Asked whether it is a better use of educational dollars to improve teacher compensation or decrease class size, poll respondents voted overwhelmingly (77 percent to 23 percent) for class-size reduction.
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