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School budgets dip class sizes grow across the nation
Falling state budgets push districts to lay off teachers while stimulus funds shore up some positions. Classes in districts like Pinson Alabama to Los Angeles widen, with Los Angeles fourth through 12th grades averaging 35 students and juniors and seniors around 43. Experts debate small class benefits versus teaching quality amid mass layoffs and reassignments.
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Washington
Patti Hathorn
Pinson
Ala
Kermit Johnson Elementary
Hathorn
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Los Angeles
Broward County
Fla
American Association of School Administrators
John White
Mulholland Middle School
Jeremy Finn
University At Buffalo-Suny
Finn
Tennessee
Eric Hanushek
Hanushek
Stanford University
Hoover Institution
Coweeman Middle School
Kelso
Wash
Randy Heath