Here’s my column from today’s paper, on the push to shrink class sizes — and how smaller classes don’t have the academic impact you might expect.

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12 April | 16:21 | Lola

First person! And regression analysis. This is quite an unusual column. I'll be interested to hear what reaction you get from educators. I nearly got in an argument with my cousin the teacher when we were discussing this today and I was just filling her in on the article. Small class sizes inspire passion in some.

14 April | 19:15 | margaret

i saw this article just now, and i have to say i was disapointed. i mean, i didn't read the article, but your picture next to the article made you look somewhat elfin, and i seem to remember someone said you look like a viking in person. hmmmm.

14 April | 20:48 | josh

Elfin? There's a first. At least you didn't call me ogreish. (Ogre-y?)

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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)

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