There are those who argue that the teaching force really is too big.

But let me add another way that the quality of the teaching force can be improved.

In Texas, 16 percent of the teaching force that year had come through the alternative route.

Would you blame education schools for the quality of the teaching force?

With a $15 million budget deficit last year, the district laid off 10 percent of the teaching force, or 231 teachers.

Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force.

Clearly, therefore, they constitute, and will continue to do so, a very important element in the teaching force.

Creating a teaching force which is adequate to the rapidly growing system has been another problem.

The changes have not yet had an impact on the teaching force.

There has been a tremendous growth in the teaching force due to special education.