CLASS SIZE OR TEACHER QUATITY?

Read this article from Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's director for education and skills, who said that nations may have to make a trade-off between smaller classes and paying teachers more. In many cases, high-performing countries choose the latter, he said. "You can spend your money only once, so if you have a fixed amount of money that's the kind of trade-off you have to make. Basically smaller classes limit your capacity to pay teachers better, and that's the trade-off you can see in the data." He said decisions over class sizes and teachers were consistent with what is seen in many high-performing countries. "Finland will be doing the same, Japan will be doing the same, Singapore, Korea,” he said. “All those countries prioritise teaching and teachers over infrastructure and class size."

What are your thoughts?