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Originally Posted by Doug McClasky
Just on a sidenote, small class sizes sound so obvious it can't solve anything, but holy **** making it so your class is like ten people at most makes such a huge difference that more than that should be illegal. After that people start drifting into groups and see actual class as just the sideshow to the main event of talking amongst themselves when the teacher isn't looking.
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I agree but I will mention one drawback. At under ten it can be really hard to maintain the formality. A little larger herd actually tends to monitor itself better in some ways. If the kids are well adjusted 23 is a very reasonable class size. If they’re not an extra adult with authority like a co-teacher or an aid or a behavior specialist is probably a better first step than lowering attendance below 18.