stronger and richer is always in our best
interest. Vivek Ranadivé, a shepherd
boy named David, and the principal of
Shepaug Valley Middle School will tell
you that it isn’t.
1 The definitive analysis of the many
hundreds of class-size studies was done
by the educational economist Eric
Hanushek, The Evidence on Class Size.
Hanushek says, “Probably no aspect of
schools has been studied as much as
class size. This work has been going on
for years, and there is no reason to
believe that there is any consistent
relationship with achievement.”
2 The psychologists Barry Schwartz