We have built this record of neglect despite tremendous and commendable efforts by our States. our school districts. and our localities. to increase their tax rates. to provide necessary school services. and to accomplish many steps in the right direction. Today. it is reasonably certain that we are providing our youngsters with a better education than a generation ago. that they are taught in better classrooms than they used to be. and that textbooks. equipment. and auxiliary services are at a higher level than they used to be in my own youth. I realize that this is not true throughout the country. but at least in the case of California these tremendous efforts to keep up with our immigration and our increasing birth rate have borne fruit. It is a matter of record that there has been no visible decrease in the birth rate and that our classroom shortage persists. There may be room for honest men to quarrel about the exact dimensions of the classroom shortage. but that there is a shortage no one can deny.
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