The class size debate…continued…again

It is interesting to see “progressives” applaud the Senate GOP for their effort to reduce class sizes in the early grades.  (But don’t get them wrong, they still hate – HATE – the Senate education budget proposal.)  I particularly enjoyed their claims about JLF’s response to the Senate proposal:

Claim: The John Locke Foundation maintains that “class size is irrelevant.” Although I have written extensively about the class size issue, one of our friends on the Left selected a Carolina Journal article written in 2008 to back his claim.  I suppose his approach is easier than engaging in a thoughtful debate about education research or even considering the costs/benefits of reducing class size.

Claim: The Senate’s “actions on class size have been enough to tick off the folks at the Locke Foundation.” I am not ticked off.  I disgree…in the most caring and heartfelt way.  That’s how I roll.