Most important they urged reforms to the law, such as changing class-size caps to 'average' class sizes to grant schools more flexibility, to honor parent choice over enrollment caps at schools offering popular programs (e.g., G&T) and to prevent successful, small schools from having to merge.
Rightly noting that the 'evidence on class size and learning outcomes is weak,' the dissenters urged that the mandate instead focus on grades K-3, where studies revealed some impact. And in a rebuke to the UFT, they recommended that school leadership teams (which include parents) - not the teachers and principals unions - be the ones to approve class-size-reduction plans and exemptions.
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