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“We must begin with the stubborn facts,” says Woodring, that our colleges are failing to provide enough teachers for our schools, and unless we can persuade half our college graduates to become teachers, the education of “our exploding population,” a fourth of a nation, will decline at all levels.

The fact is, he reminds us, “we have more teachers today in proportion to our population than at any time in our history. There is a shortage because our demand for teachers is so incredibly large.” (Italics mine) This leads one to wonder whether we had better take into consideration, not only the fiscal, but the physical limitations upon our new ordering of education.

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“We must begin with the stubborn facts,” says Woodring, that our colleges are failing to provide enough teachers for our schools, and unless we can persuade half our college graduates to become teachers, the education of “our exploding population,” a fourth of a nation, will decline at all levels.

The fact is, he reminds us, “we have more teachers today in proportion to our population than at any time in our history. There is a shortage because our demand for teachers is so incredibly large.” (Italics mine) This leads one to wonder whether we had better take into consideration, not only the fiscal, but the physical limitations upon our new ordering of education.