From Talking Points Memo: under the heading of "Mitt happens". Mitt announces that smaller class size has nothing to do with performance in education. I wonder when Mitt is coming in to teach.

Mitt Romney Declares War On Smaller Class Sizes And The Teachers Unions Who Love Them

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BENJY SARLIN & EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO SEPTEMBER 23, 2011, 11:27 AM11888

ORLANDO, FL — Mitt Romney is turning the discussion to education this week, positing a vision for improving schools that might seem counter-intuitive: the push for smaller class sizes, he says, is basically a scheme by unionized teachers to pad their membership.

Smaller classes does not make a better education, Romney says. Better teachers and school choice programs like voucher systems do.

In the debate here Thursday night, Romney brought up the idea during a back-and-forth with Rick Perry.

“All the talk about we need smaller classroom size, look that’s promoted by the teachers unions to hire more teachers,” he said.

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