Are class sizes to big in the America school system today? In my personal
             opinion, I feel that overpopulated classrooms are mainly a quandary in the lower
             elementary grades. The number of children in schools is prolifically increasing
             in the overpopulated areas of the country, such as; New York, California, new
             Jersey and other mid-west and east coast states. (www.ed.gov)
             I choose to do my educational issue paper on class sizes because I feel that it
             has a negative impact on young children in today's school system. Also, going
             through my education experience, my classes were all small and I felt that the
             student and teacher interaction was very helpful for me to achieve my academic
             success. I feel that all students need and deserve the one on one attention to
             reach the zenith of their academic success.
             Some benefits of small class sizes would be; students receive more personal
             attention in smaller classrooms. Reviewing existing data kept by the United
             States Department of Education, the figures show that between 1969 and 1997 the
             average number of pupils per teacher in American public and private elementary
             schools fell from 25.1 to 18.3, a decline greater then 27 percent. In secondary
             schools the numbers also fell, from 19.7 to 14.0. (Scientific America, 2001) An
             example of how classroom sizes can have a negative effect on children would be;
             a student with a learning disability may not be able to receive all the care and
             attention he/she deserves if a teacher had to tend to a larger classroom.
             Whereas if she only had a class with fewer students then average in it, she
             would be able to facilitate the students needs in a better more manner.
             (www.ed.gov) Another reason would be the fewer amount of students in the
             classroom translate into less noise and disruptive behavior, which not only
             gives the teacher more time for class work, but also more time to engage
             students creativity-by dividi...