"He came in with a master's degree and he did very well in his classes compared to other students".
Eleven percent of black special education students were segregated in separate classes, compared with 7percentt of white students.
Classes will be small, with 12 to 15 students in elementary and middle school classes, compared with the usual average of 25 to 35.
Only 27percentt of the parents of the class of '58 were members of the business and professional classes, compared with 58percentt of their children.
Since Sept. 11, 200 firefighters -- many of them rookies -- have enrolled in classes, compared with a typical turnout of about 40, Mr. Kelly said.
The analysis by Credit Suisse also highlighted a slowdown in the growth of the wealth of the middle classes compared with that of the very richest.
Of fifth graders, about 17 percent were in large classes, compared with 6.5 percent three years ago.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies just published a long-term study of how Labour's tax changes have affected different classes, compared to the last Tory government.
Some 24 percent of male students said that the success of Oregon's football team definitely or probably decreased the amount of time they spent studying for classes, compared with 9 percent for women.
Using data from the city's Department of Education, the report found that 31,079 students in first through fifth grade were now in large classes, compared with 9,756 in the 2008-9 school year.
Charles Ballinger, director of the National Association for Year-Round Education, said nearly 3,000 schools in 43 states, serving more than 2 million students, have year-round classes, compared with 411 schools and 354,087 students in the 1985-86 school year.
