Re: Good post
So what's your ideal student:teacher ratio? 30:1? 40:1?
We had 52:1 in my second grade. I was the remedial reading teacher, because I was already reading above a second-grade level and the teacher figured it gave me something to do. No kidding. Lest we wonder where part of my POV comes from.
It was also a Catholic school, so expulsion for less-than-felonious behavior was also an option. Private organizations can do that.
Teacher salaries will go up, or we will have more second graders teaching remedial reading. Today's youth are no fools. They will follow the money. In the meantime, who will suffer while the market corrects itself?
Regards--
Mary Anne