But leaders with the power to fix it have been slow in reacting to this mounting crisis, Wu said. I am here today to renew my commitment to reducing class sizes in Oregon s schools. Wu announced that he is sponsoring a bill that will help reduce class sizes in grades K-3 by providing funding for the hiring and training of 100,000 additional qualified teachers in America s public schools. Wu said he will urge the congressional leadership to take up the issue when Congress goes back to work in September. The Wu Report covers 62,000 Portland area school children, grades K-3, in 2,700 classes.
Classes get more crowded every year.
For each grade level, overcrowding is more severe for students in the City of Portland than students in the overall six-county area. Click here to read the Wu Report on class size in Portland's public schools.