I bet once you cram 30+ of them into a single classroom or per period, they just become cattle.
We know that class sizes are a good predictor of academic performance (smaller being better), and that underfunded schools have larger class sizes, and that underfunded schools are often located in areas of poverty due to the nature of taxation, that high poverty areas have a high black and brown population due to systemic racism which developed as a result of a racist history, and that funding for schools can be withheld by the department of education if a district/state is found to be disciplining minorities disproportionately, and that tying founding to performance or discipline creates a negative incentive which in turn creates a chilling effect on discipline, which leads to the loss of support services jobs, which leads to a lack of support specialist, which leaves teachers being required to bridge the gap, which depresses academic performance, which depresses funding, which leads to less teachers per student, leaving teachers with 30+ students per classroom or period, and since we know that class sizes are a good predictor of academic performance (smaller being better)…
No, actually, its the parents who use the phones that are the problem.
There is a balance with the class sizes. Classroom management gets easier in some ways the more children there are. It’s easier to manage a cohesive group rather than a bunch of individuals.
Like 6 is too few. 15-25 is better depending on the experience of the teacher and the characteristics of the group.
The tricky part is that you still have to be mindful of what each individual child needs at a particular moment. 30+ children and it’s impossible to do this properly and the children that need extra attention will not get it.
Every thread I see from there I want to scream at them the following:
TREAT THE KIDS LIKE HUMAN BEINGS, IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES OR PRETEND THEY ARE SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT
I bet once you cram 30+ of them into a single classroom or per period, they just become cattle.
We know that class sizes are a good predictor of academic performance (smaller being better), and that underfunded schools have larger class sizes, and that underfunded schools are often located in areas of poverty due to the nature of taxation, that high poverty areas have a high black and brown population due to systemic racism which developed as a result of a racist history, and that funding for schools can be withheld by the department of education if a district/state is found to be disciplining minorities disproportionately, and that tying founding to performance or discipline creates a negative incentive which in turn creates a chilling effect on discipline, which leads to the loss of support services jobs, which leads to a lack of support specialist, which leaves teachers being required to bridge the gap, which depresses academic performance, which depresses funding, which leads to less teachers per student, leaving teachers with 30+ students per classroom or period, and since we know that class sizes are a good predictor of academic performance (smaller being better)…
No, actually, its the parents who use the phones that are the problem.
There is a balance with the class sizes. Classroom management gets easier in some ways the more children there are. It’s easier to manage a cohesive group rather than a bunch of individuals.
Like 6 is too few. 15-25 is better depending on the experience of the teacher and the characteristics of the group.
The tricky part is that you still have to be mindful of what each individual child needs at a particular moment. 30+ children and it’s impossible to do this properly and the children that need extra attention will not get it.