Mini: Student to Teacher Ratio
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Start with: What is the purpose of education? If the answer is to produce intelligent, competent individuals, that means we care about how effective education is. If we care about how effective it is, then we should consider variables we know impact effectiveness. One of those is classroom size. The smaller the ratio of students to teachers, the better the outcomes. We'll explain better in the episode. Support us on Patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast Links and References: https://nwef.org/2021/08/23/do-class-sizes-impact-student-outcomes/#:~:text=%60%60Overall%2C%20research%20shows%20that%20students%20in%20smaller,the%20National%20Council%20of%20Teachers%20of%20English. https://www.furman.edu/blogs/benefits-of-a-small-class-size/#:~:text=Correlation%20between%20class%20size%20and%20student%20achievement,-Small%20classes%20facilitate&text=One%20study%20found%20that%20one,give%20immediate%20feedback%20on%20assignments. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/aar/u_03-2019.asp#:~:text=At%20primary%20and%20secondary%20levels,tables%20and%207%20figures.)%22 https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics Dee, T. S., & West, M. R. (2011). The Non-Cognitive Returns to Class Size. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373710392370 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support. Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast
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