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Download full textGilman, David A.; And Others – 1988
Several dimensions of state-sponsored, reduced-class-size programs are addressed. At present, 20 states are contemplating following the lead of Indiana's PRIME TIME and Tennessee's STAR programs. Yet the effectivenessness of reduced class size in elementary schools continues to be uncertain and controversial. No one knows whether reduced class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Costs, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Ancess, Jacqueline; Ort, Suzanna Wichterle – 1999
In 1992, a collaboration of educational reform organizations, the New York City Board of Education, a teachers' union, and private funders created a model of urban high school reform that was practitioner-driven. Two failing high schools, one in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, were phased out while 11 new, small autonomous high schools were…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Graduation Rate
