Thanks for your comment. My notes agree with your recollection; Chancellor Klein did not question the value of reducing class sizes in upper grades. He said to Councilman Jackson: “I don’t think there’s a dispute about lowering class size, but only about how to do it, and the reality is that you can only do it with more space.”

Interesting that his statement seems to directly conflict with his comments before the Panel for Educational Policy.

Ben

Today, the Chancellor made comments that seemed to indicate he supported smaller class sizes, but didn’t have the space to provide them. Was that your recollection?

Last week, when the Contracts for Excellence plan was reviewed at the Panel for Educational Policy meeting, he said quite clearly that the idea that smaller class sizes were beneficial was “highly controversial” for grades above third. I suspect this view is closer to his true position.

Patrick