David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

day, 77 percent of Americans think that
it makes more sense to use taxpayer
money to lower class sizes than to raise
teachers’ salaries. Do you know how
few things 77 percent of Americans
agree on?
There used to be as many as twenty-
five students in a classroom at Shepaug
Valley. Now that number is sometimes
as low as fifteen. That means students at
Shepaug get far more individual
attention from their teacher than before,
and common sense says that the more
attention children get from their teacher,
the better their learning experience will
be. Students at the new, intimate
Shepaug Valley ought to be doing better