K-3

This white paper is a Commonweal Institute study that shows how a short term effort to deal with the financial crisis in California, through legislation (AB 42) that would redefine classroom size reduction criteria, could have serious long-term consequence with regard to both quality of education and future costs.

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Tags: teacher shortage, teacher recruitment, teacher layoffs, SB 1777, public schools, primary education, K-3, education quality, class size reduction, average class size, AB 42

Proposal May Undermine Efforts to Improve the Quality of Education in California: Impact of Changing Class Size Reduction Program