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District 5 Legislative & Community Updates

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District 5 Legislative & Community Updates

District 5 Legislative & Community Updates

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“In March, state Senate Education Chairwoman Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, announced she wanted to consider placing class size caps for grades kindergarten through third grade in schools with high rates of students living in poverty.

"I'd like to see class sizes capped in high-poverty districts in K-3 to give the kids that time with the teacher," Polehanki said. "So the teacher has that individualiz
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“In March, state Senate Education Chairwoman Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, announced she wanted to consider placing class size caps for grades kindergarten through third grade in schools with high rates of students living in poverty.

Id like to see class sizes capped in high-poverty districts in K-3 to give the kids that time with the teacher, Polehanki said. So the teacher has that individualized time with that student.

Polehanki said she is working with the Michigan Department of Education on optimal class sizes to put into state policy.

Such a policy would represent a significant shift for Michigan, which has some of the largest elementary school class sizes in the nation, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.”
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