From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 09:41:11 MDT
Zero Powers wrote:
>
> >From: "Mitchell, Jerry (3337)" <Jerry.Mitchell@esavio.com>
>
> >You neglect the impact of economies of scale. Right now, there isnt much
> >of
> >an impact, but if all schools were private, the situation would be quite
> >pronounced. Besides, theres no studies that show a difference in the
> >quality
> >of education declining if classroom sizes increase from say 30 to 50. It
> >sounds like there should be, but it reality, if you have 30 students, you
> >dont have a lot of time with individual students anyways. Double the size
> >of
> >the class and you can drop prices dramatically.
>
> Let me be sure I have this straight... You are suggesting getting rid of
> (free) public school where the student:teacher ratio is ~ 30:1 and having
> every family pay $2K - $5K per year (per kid) for a school where the
> student:teacher ratio is 50:1? Is that *really* what you are suggesting, or
> am I missing something?
As opposed to, say, 300:1, as occured in many of my freshman year
classes at WPI?
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