Districts Put Clinton Plan To the Test
Not long after she finished work on her elementary education degree from Pennsylvania State University last spring, Denise Wisniewski packed her bags and headed for Columbus, Ohio, with the promise of teaching a small class of 1st graders.
For Ms. Wisniewski, class size was one of the main attractions of Columbus' Pilgrim Elementary School, which serves about 260 low-income students. With just 11 children under her watch, she felt she would be able to provide more personal instruction. "When there are 30 kids, that's very challenging," she said.
Ms. Wisniewski is one of the 29,000 new teachers that the Department of Education estimates have been hired under President Clinton's much-touted program to reduce class sizes in...
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