I was just reading on CNN the ratio between teachers to students. They have a breakdown of each state.
My question is, what class do you teach and do you feel that there are too many, just enough or too little students in your class??
By the looks of the map, NY 13-14.9 average student.
I will try and post the map.
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aug9bride
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palebride
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i'm middle school and i have about 90 which i think is low...but i also only have 4 classes of students!! my friend teaches high school social studies upstate and she has about 150 students i think.....and she gets paid a lot less which bites!! (for her...not for me!)
junebride04
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I teach Kindergarten at a private school on Long Island and this year I only have 12 kids in my class!!
yabbobay
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12-14...HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAH!!!!
definitely not for HS
When I was in NYC I had 34 in 5 classes....sometimes I lucked out and would have 31 or 32....
in the 'burbs...it was a better number between 20-28...
for me i found that mid-twenties was always the best for discussion and class dynamics...
I had a class of 10 once...and they were SOOOOOO quiet!!! painfully so...
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I teach high school social studies in the city and contractually, we can't have more than 34 students in each class. Of course, we have more than that in September and it's so overwhelming! Even 34 kids is too much. I agree - about 25 students is just right. I have to assign essays at least every other week and thank God not all of my students don't do their homework, otherwise I won't have time to do anything else but grade essays!
yabbobay
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julybaby...where are you...I was SS teacher at Cardozo...
Julybaby
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I'm at the Richard R. Green High School of Teaching on the Upper East Side. How long ago were you at Cardoza? Did you know Bernie Cohen and Nelia Vicente? Nelia used to teach chemistry at our school and left about 4 years ago.
Lisa Rose
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LOL @ Erica....I guess they figure in the 'upstate' schools also. the Very rural areas!!
to me the number seemed VERY low!!!
JennRenee
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I have 22 in my class this year, which isn't terribly high, but I'd love to have 18 - 20.
kelly4
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I have 22 in my kindergarten class. My collegues have 23.
JCbride2B
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I teach 5th gr. science and religion in a catholic school and have 27 students, but we're departmentalized so i actually see about 110 each day. I think its too much, theres not enough room (or time) for all of them to have a product work space.
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I teach in a private school where we have between 8-14 in a class. I kind of like the small classes since that is all I have ever worked with.
