It's pretty simple. More teachers does not always lower teacher/student ratio. Those telling graphics you speak of do not tell the whole (or an accurate) story.

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/figures/figure-qpt-1.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/figures/figure-qpt-2.asp


>You can try and spin this anyway you want but I think the graphs are quite telling. Teacher count is drastically going up and the outcome has been static or slightly lower. My sister in law is a teacher and her take on the problem is no discipline, they’ve created such a bureaucracy that it’s difficult to actually make progress, and last, parents seem to think the teachers should be raising their kids. Ever since the Feds stepped in with title 9 and other programs, the cost of education has increased significantly and the results have not. The solution I keep hearing is more teachers. So what is the definition of insanity?????
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>>That's a rather skewed picture of the stats if you ask me.
>>Student/teacher ratios do not provide a direct measure of class size. The ratio is determined by dividing the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers into the total student enrollment. These teachers include classroom teachers; prekindergarten teachers in some elementary schools; art, music, and physical education teachers; and teachers who do not teach regular classes every period of the day.
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>>It is a proven fact that students do better in smaller classes.
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>>So yes, I think more CLASSROOM teachers will help. Oh and some better training for teachers wouldn't hurt matters either.
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>>>Do you really think more teachers will help?
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>>>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/president-we-need-more-teachers-reality-yoohoo-im-right-over-here-hellooo/