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It's not only about cutting staffing levels and raising class sizes – they'll have to reduce the breadth of the curriculum.
It has also been a challenge to win support of a proposed $76 million budget in Eastport-South Manor, which calls for eliminating 15 teachers and 2 administrators, replacing several teachers with teaching assistants, raising class size and cutting sports teams and music and art programs on many grade levels.
"If you want to increase salary and benefits and keep the overall staff the same, it's impossible to do that without raising class sizes".
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But budget cuts are forcing schools to raise class sizes, putting those who advocate shrinking them on the defensive.
The Sixth Form Colleges Association found that 81 per cent of colleges had had to raise class sizes between 2011 and 2015, while 72 per cent had dropped courses.
When GEMS first came to Britain in 2004, it raised class sizes by as much as a third at a school in Milton Keynes, and parents complained.
Since exams consisted of 70% of the course grade, this may have raised class grades by less than half a letter grade independent of any increase in learning.
When Chicago school officials announced their intention to raise class sizes in June, the teachers' union immediately filed suit to block the move.
Teachers have said they are being neglected on issues like promised raises, class sizes and support staff in the schools.
Students reported that, in their graduate courses, the three most common academic oral classroom activities were participating in whole-class discussions, raising questions during class, and engaging in small-group discussions.
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