On 27 Feb 2004 20:30:09 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

,;In article , Fitch R. Williams
,;says...
,;
,;If you want to reduce class size, you need more teachers. Any attempt
,;to improve education that doesn't reduce class size is a joke.
,;
,;I think the anti-public school folks will drag out the
,;'private schools do great, with large class sizes' theory.
,;This may be true, but the ability to cherry pick the
,;starting material for the process may have *something*
,;to do with it. Also the ability to jettison unruly
,;students.

AND the ability to fire teachers who are no longer interested in
teaching.