New York’s Online Class Sizes Could Reach Nearly 70 Students
New York Public Schools teacher Kirk Schneider is teaching six online geometry classes, each meeting twice a week. He’s also teaching a remote social emotional learning class three times a week, which helps students address personal challenges during the pandemic, with about 25 kids in each class.
When in-person high school classes start on Oct. 1, the number of students in his classroom will likely be in line with the expected average of nine and 12 socially-distanced students. But if more parents choose to keep their children home to take classes on a fully remote basis, Mr. Schneider expects class sizes in his online classes may balloon. The city Department of Education’s negotiated contract with the teachers union allows for remote classes to be as much as double the 34 student maximum for in-person high school classes....
