The original text, before you clipped it out of context and framed it, says "When you average out grade levels, most US classrooms have a number of students tha

The original text, before you clipped it out of context and framed it, says "When you average out grade levels, most US classrooms have a number of students that starts with a two. More rarely it’s a one or a three. It’s never a four. (At some outlier schools? Maybe. As an average across a large sample? Never.)" This is accurate, as is the claim that The New Yorker's figure of an average of 46 is completely off base. As your own figures clearly show. > someone who works for a right wing think tank. This kind of bias contributes nothing and makes good-faith discussion impossible. It's openly insulting and can only produce a flame war. Edit: Reworded to be a little nicer.