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Friday, November 1, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classes

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classes:

They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classes

Arne Duncan green-lighted it. Remember?

"Class size has been a sacred cow and I think we need to take it on," Duncan told his pals at the American Enterprise Instituteover croissants back in 2009.

 Now fast forward. Here's what's become of the "sacred cow."
In Dennis Danziger’s English class at Venice High, they play musical chairs every day; if you come in late, you don’t get a desk and have to sit in a chair on