More on Schools

The Medford Schools were given Gates Grants for to create Small Schools - the MMT Editorial board has an opinion on what it all means.



Bringing us back to discussions of class size on this blog earlier in the week, we see the extrapolation that beyond class size - school size is an issue, too. Staff knowing who students are is a benefit to the overall quality of education. Back in the days of University of Medford, even with just two grades in attendance, it was the largest school in the state. I know students got lost in the crowd at Phoenix - I can't imagine how that feels for a student in a larger school.



Maybe I have a smaller school bias, having attended Phoenix, and having selected an undergraduate university with an enrollment of 2400 and only one true 'lecture hall,' and now teaching with a student body of 180.



The Gates "Small Schools" are a great idea, and we need to be looking beyond the Gates dollars for ways to make Medford, Rogue Valley, and Oregon schools great!