What the candidates didn’t debate: Do we really need more teachers?

What the candidates didn’t debate: Do we really need more teachers? | Educating Ourselves

Probably not.  I would settle for making sure the ones we do have a good and paid properly.

Update:  My thoughts from a long while back on this issue:  http://mattjohnston.blogspot.com/2005/10/bigger-classes-are-better.html