Experts and analysts of Governor Brian Sandoval's budget say that if it were implemented as is, the education system in Nevada would take a big hit. A result of cuts to education could be larger class sizes. But what is the exact impact of large and small class sizes? And can the state reduce class size in an effective manner? We talk with two researchers and a representative from CCSD about class sizes.
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Lauren Kohut-Rost, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, CCSD
Jeremy Finn, SUNY Buffalo
Matt Chingos, Fellow, Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, and postdoctoral Fellow, Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University