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How many kids were in your elementary school class?  Class sizes are lower now than what they have been historically. Why are these numbers unacceptable all of a sudden? [/quote]

I think this is an interesting point. I do recall my class photos, and they seem small to me. Like two rows with maybe 18 kids in them? I don't have any numbers but I question it's true class size is smaller.

I have also a few additional thoughts:

*When I was in elementary school there were very few ESOL students and almost all of them were Mexican Americans. My DS is at Science Focus. I kid you not: there are Russian, Mongolians, Indians, Persians, Laotians, Vietnamese, and a handful of other Eastern European countries and Latin American countries. Schools are required to provide instruction for all these children. I have begun to become curious what kind of cost drain this pressure adds to the school system? 
*I recall a lot less focus on "academic" specials. We had music, and PE, and art. I know we didn't have Spanish (FLES) or some of the science specials (Science City, etc.).
*We took the Iowa test in 2nd grade. It was just to baseline, it had no funding implications for the school. Administering tests, teaching testing materials, and the kind of pressure teachers are under around test results seems to be to an additional pressure on teachers.

What I'm wondering about is whether the system is under more pressure and whether it's a problem of both class size and more complex expectations?
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