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REAL LIFE: Count teachers among school dropouts nowadays. . . . Many quit because their idealized training clashes with the real world of overcrowded, multilingual schools, says Cal State Fullerton President Milton A. Gordon. . . . So Gordon, UC Irvine Chancellor Jack W. Peltason and Santa Ana schools Supt. Rudy Castruita are discussing “teaching centers” in Santa Ana schools where prospective teachers can sample classroom reality. “The potential is unlimited,” Castruita says.
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