Although conventional wisdom seems to support this expensive policy mandate, regulating the number of children in classes can be dangerous. Hiring teachers on the federal or state level, which some governors want to do, will interfere with local control of schools. Mandating uniform class size would tie districts' hands to use funding for more effective programs. Rather than require schools to maintain certain class sizes, it might be more effective to apply resources to after school programs, reading tutors, or increased teacher salaries. Furthermore, the class size debate obscures other issues that hinder students' learning.
Students react differently to different teaching styles, educational approaches, environments, etc.
It could be the instructional program in her class that is slowing your daughter's progress-not the number of her classmates. Class size is simply not the only issue. Studies show that instead of more teachers we need better-qualified teachers. It is a simple matter of quality versus quantity-100,000 new teachers who do not know their subject matter well will not help our children learn any better. As it is now, more than one third of public school teachers teach subjects in which they neither majored nor minored in college.