Tag: district consolidation

California published a study on whether to consolidate its smaller school districts it did in 2011. It looked at costs and benefits. There were some interesting findings. They found among other things that medium-sized districts did better in student performance than the large or very small sized districts. While very small districts cost much more,…

Here is an interesting gathering of research on the results of consolidation that pertains directly to the need to divide districts that are too large: http://www.cppsofseattle.org/consolidationresearch.pdf The results show that: School consolidation does not save money. School consolidation does not increase academic achievement. School consolidation is detrimental to the social and economic well-being of the…