Do schools really need class size reduction?

What is the true reason for smaller class sizes? Is it really that there is a student discipline issue that needs to be addressed? Many educators, administration officials, and parents have said that bad behavior in the class room has more effect on the ability to teach and learn than does a higher class size. In the light of the facts of lower student population, financial issues, and poor performance it stands to reason that MPS needs to take a very close look at what it is trying to achieve with the referendum. Even back in 1999 President Clinton did some rethought on the need for lower class size. http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=11916