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OUR TEACHERS HAVE CLASS AND CLASS SIZE MATTERS
By Phyllis C. Murray

On Thursday,May 18, 2006 at 8:00 a.m., P.S.75X teachers,
paras, and parents joined their sisters and brothers in
solidarity throughout the city in an informational
picketing campaign. The picketing took place outside
their respective schools. This is one of a series of
actions in May, which the United Federation of Teachers'
Delegate Assembly has declared “Class-Size Month.”

The UFT has done its Homework. And the research tells us
that Smaller Classes:

1. Raise student achievement

2. Lower dropout rates

3. Make classes more orderly

4. Give Students the individual attention they need

100,000 New York City voters have signed petitions to put
an amendment on the ballot in November that will make
smaller classes the law in all schools. It would use 25% of
the funds from the Campaign for F...See More


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