[Gorzaloon]

from 15.3-to-1 to 16.6-to-1 — roughly where it was in 1997. And 100,000 teacher layoffs would increase it to 15.6-to-1 — the 2005 level. Neither number portends educational apocalypse given how uncertain the links are between class size and student achievement.

Union Bribes again.

We put satellites into orbit with 30:1 student teacher ratios, and we used SLIDE RULES. This is sickening. How about making that 500,000 Administrators?

[BikerJoe]

We put satellites into orbit with 30:1 student teacher ratios, and we used SLIDE RULES. This is sickening. How about making that 500,000 Administrators?

Think about that little figure in the article:

Nationwide, there are about 3.2 million K-12 public school teachers.

This means that 1 percent of the ENTIRE POPULATION is a K-12 public school teacher!!!!!!

I wonder what the numbers are for other professions?

[cherry]

I notice that whenever they talk about teacher “layoffs” in my area, they also will say that they will probably all be hired back in the fall due to “attrition” or whatever....