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Shifting school starts is so powerful that Teny Shapiro, an economics professor at Santa Clara University, has found beginning school an hour later is the functional equivalent of cutting class size by a third.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2022

Schools are already spending big chunks of their approximately $190 billion in pandemic relief money on a range of strategies from after-school programs to cutting class size.

From Seattle Times Aug. 29, 2021

This could create a staff shortage at precisely the time when districts are trying to lower the risk of spreading infection by cutting class size and staggering schedules to limit population density in school buildings.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2020

There may be some sweet gratification in noncompliance – such as cutting class or calling in sick, or simply feeling better on your own terms.

From US News Jul. 30, 2014

“Even still, cutting class is a serious offense, Mustafa, boring or not. You shouldn’t have been with those kids in the first place.”

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan




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