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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a study released over the summer that what mattered what not class size, but school size (how many students in the building).

On the whole, smaller schools do better than larger ones. That may help explain Ross as well as the fact that some smaller charter schools do better with at-risk kids than DCPSs which are almost always bigger.

I wish that someone would dig in and try to come up with lessons that can be replicated. Every year we don't we lose another group of kids who fail to graduate with basic skills. [/quote]

Here's what I was thinking of. Poor kids in California, West Virginia and Alaska did much better in smaller schools, particularly in middle grades https://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues108.shtml[/quote]

This makes a lot of sense and probably contributes to why Ross does so well.

I'm the Janney parent again.  My 5th grade kid was in a class of 24 but her teachers (math, ELA, science, social studies) taught 3 classes so roughly 75 kids total.  
It's a lot easier for kids to not get what they need when they're 1 of 75 than 1 of 12.     It's no easy for a math teacher to even thoroughly evaluate 75 kids, let alone address the specific learning needs of 75.  [/quote]

Having a principal who can know every student and their family seems key. It also tends to improve teacher satisfaction.

Of course with DC going all-in on middle schools vs the smaller K-8 we are probably not to be able to replicate this.[/quote]

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