I pleaded with the President, and I said, he can talk about class size reduction, but if he does not have a quality teacher to put in that new classroom, I will guarantee it does not matter whether the teacher-to-pupil ratio is 12 to 1, 20 to 1, 30 to 1, it is not going to make a difference. Of course, what was the first 33 percent we allowed him to have? More than 30 percent of those had no qualifications whatsoever.
Discussing the importance of qualified teachers in relation to class size reduction.
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