Every parent of school-age kids knows a simple fact: the fewer the kids in a classroom, the better. This New York Times story about the trends of growing class sizes states: "Since the 1980s, teachers and many other educators have embraced research finding that smaller classes foster higher achievement."
But the Great Recession has sent states scrambling for money, and stuffed classrooms to the gills. This is bad news for K-12 parents, but it doesn't get better for families sending a kid to college. With double-digit tuition increases on the horizon, it looks like education is being sacrificed on the alter of an all-cuts budget. Just another example of the middle class getting squeezed.
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