More about Student-Teacher Ratios
At the State of Ohio Education blog there’s a discussion of the Fordham report on the fiscal impact of increasing the student-teacher ratio.
According to the report, Ohio could save $276 million on teacher salaries if each school increased its student-teacher ration by just one (say 17:1 instead of 16:1) and could save $1.38 billion if all schools had a 25:1 ratio. That’s not counting savings on professional development, benefits and pensions.
Check out the comments section for a good discussion on the difference between class size and student-teacher ratio.
It would be interesting to know how much the stats from small rural schools affect the Fordham data. You can’t increase class size or the student-teacher ratio if you just don’t have that many kids to begin with. We’ve noted the study here.
