During the visit I was questioned about class sizes in my own school.

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My last visit of the week is to the Excellence Charter School in Brooklyn, an all-boys school for five- to 11-year-olds that will eventually teach right up to age 14.

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When I did my very first visit to the UK a couple of years ago, I got to visit the school.

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