Alex Lizzappi

Class Size Tradeoffs in the Court of Public Opinion | Brookings Institution

Class Size Tradeoffs in the Court of Public Opinion | Brookings Institution. Budget cuts have caused increases in class size in states across the nation in recent years.  Between 2009 and 2010, the pupil-teacher ratio in the U.S. increasedby more than half a student for the first time since the Great Depression.  The nationwide increase […]

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Jane Regan: Haiti: World Bank Helps Undermine Grassroots Groups, Democracy

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 22 2013 — A $61 million dollar, eight-year World Bank community development project implemented across half of Haiti has successfully repaired roads, built schools and distributed livestock. But it has also helped undermine an already weak state, damaged Haiti’s social fabric, carried out what could be called “social and political reengineering,” and

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