The San Jose Mercury News (1/10, Noguchi) reports, "As California crams more kids into classrooms, students are sitting in aisles and on windowsills. Fewer are paying attention and more are certain to be left behind. Teachers are spending more time lecturing and less time leading experiments and devising creative lessons." According to the Mercury News, "Caught in a budget meltdown, the state is forcing schools to abandon one of the most popular education reforms -- smaller class sizes. ... While standardized test scores have yet to measure the result of larger class sizes, teachers and students are reporting the day-to-day struggles, from more unruly classes to more students being neglected."
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