Context Matters in Policy Debates on Class Size

Context matters in class size debates. Education policy involves trade-offs between teacher quality, resources and targeted support.

First, why did Jamus Lim circulate only a partial clip of what Education Minister Desmond Lee said in Parliament? Context matters — especially in serious policy debates. Extracting a short segment from a longer speech risks distorting the substance of the argument. When the full remarks are considered, it becomes clear that the Minister was […]