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The education bills combine programs that had once been dedicated to the professional training of teachers and reductions in class size into a single, diminished pot of money.
With retirements, growing enrollments and reductions in class size, the nation's public schools will have to hire 2.5 million teachers over the next decade, about the same number of teachers now working (2.8 million).
Jill Jones, the Parent Teacher Organization co-president for John Jay High School in the Katonah-Lewisboro district, says she is concerned that a "maintenance" budget could undermine some of the gains achieved so far, especially reductions in class size.
With the state running a large surplus, the accord sets the boundaries for a budget that is all but certain to include an array of programs that the governor did not call for in his original budget proposal -- from expansion of prekindergarten classes and reductions in class size to low-cost prescription drugs for the elderly.
Reductions in class size have also been the main reason behind the significant increases in expenditure per student in most countries over the last decade.
Additionally, Ravitch cites a recent report by the Educational Testing Service (www.ets.org) that "the black-white achievement gap is as old as the nation itself" but was cut in half in the 1970's and 1980's by, among other things, "increased economic opportunities for black families, federal investment in early education, and reductions in class size".
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Reductions in class sizes have failed to produce tangible results in the form of higher grades.
And he also implicitly welcomed the reductions in class sizes which have been made.None of this is very surprising.
The teachers prevailed on both occasions, and this year, secured improvements such as salary increases, reductions in class sizes and obtaining a full-time nurse in every school.
Mr. Green called for a reduction in class size.
"We're fighting for reduction in class size and really basic things.
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