- Target:
- Northwestern Lehigh School District
- Region:
- United States of America
Facts:
1. Reduced class size provides students with many benefits: greater opportunities for participation, greater individual attention, and improved instruction. A current analysis of long-term studies and recent grassroots research reveals that class size does indeed have a major impact on student achievement, behavior, and attention.
2. Student achievement increases significantly in classes of fewer than 20. Smaller classes, complemented by diverse teaching methods, create better student performance, more positive attitudes, and fewer discipline problems. Students and parents have the right to expect classrooms with these characteristics.
3. Reduced class size can be expected to produce increased academic achievement.
4. The major benefits from reduced class size are obtained as the size is reduced below 20 pupils.
We, the undersigned, call on the NWLSD to provide equal opportunities to both first grades at Northwestern and Weisenberg Elementary.
Please sign our petition below urging NWLSD to reconsider reducing the number of first grade classrooms at Weisenberg Elementary thereby increasing the number of students in each classroom and creating a less than acceptable learning environment.
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