A escola quer-se como a sardinha

Partindo de um texto de José Matias Alves, descobri dois sites (este e este), onde se afirma que, no que se refere a escolas, o tamanho é importante: as mais pequenas são melhores. A Ministra da Educação, uma verdadeira avançada mental, deve ter lido estudos diferentes. É pena que não os divulgue. Aqui fica uma citação que não consiste, propriamente, numa defesa dos mega-agrupamentos:

The Chicago Public Schools is committed to creating and sustaining small schools as a district-wide school improvement strategy. There is almost 40 years of existing research and literature on small schools which indicates that students in small schools have higher attendance and graduation rates, fewer drop-outs, equal or better levels of academic achievement (standardized test scores, course failure rates, grade point averages), higher levels of extra-curricular participation and parent involvement, and fewer incidences of discipline and violence. The summary of research below includes data and information from this body of research, highlighting several studies for each type of measure. These studies include results from research conducted in Chicago, as well as nationally. For detailed information on these studies, please refer to the list of references included at the end of the summary.