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Did you know? Fiscal impact of raising student-teacher ratios in Ohio

Emmy L. Partin
12.22.2011

Teacher layoffs are a hot topic nowadays, as are the dire warnings about what will happen if teachers are let go. When Cleveland’s board voted to lay off 545 teachers to balance that district’s budget, the union warned of class sizes topping 45 students per teacher (don’t worry, many will get their jobs back if the new contract passes muster)…Read it here.

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Emmy served as Director of Ohio Policy and Research for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

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