EPRUEducation Policy Research Unit
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2002 - Other SAGE Related Publications/Writing
Keeping Our Promise in Reducing Class Size
Date:
November 24, 2002
Author:
Kendrick Meek
Source:
St. Petersburg Times
The author, a former state senator and newly elected Congressman
(in 2002) from Miami-Dade, created Amendment 9 to reduce class size in
Florida. "Florida voters made their decision: they want the Legislature
to provide the necessary funding to reduce class size," Meek writes.
WordDate:
January 19, 2002
Author:
Alan Borsuk
Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Just as the governor announces education funding will
be protected from cuts in his budget plan, a new report touts the success
of one of the programs he might have trimmed: the state's popular but
expensive program to reduce class sizes in early grades in hundreds of
schools.