URL: Schools 'failing some students' | Stuff.co.nz
The school system is ''failing some students'' and could be improved by increasing class sizes by two or three pupils and using the savings for improved teacher quality, Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says. ... ''Increasing student/teacher ratios, and consolidation of the school network, can free up funding that could be used to support initiatives to enhance the quality of teaching, such as more systemic use of value-add data and a more professionalised workforce ...
