Political Quotes

“It is my understanding that, first of all, that was extensively discussed. And my understanding is that it is consistent with recent educational studies, that small class size in the early years has been shown to have significant benefits. You talk about, we are spending a lot of money and we do not know whether it is producing results. One thing we seem to know, on the basis of the study, is that if we can lower these class sizes, particularly in the early years, we are going to get beneficial results. If you ask anyone about the difference between the situation in the public schools and private schools, for which parents pay a lot of money, the first thing that leaps out at you is small class size. If you ask parents why they are laying out all of this money, one of the first things they say is, to get a small class size. And these studies that have been done, as I understand it, support the proposition that the small class size will produce significant results, particularly when directed toward the early years so we can get these young people up to standard.”