Acquiring enough quality teachers has been an insurmountable problem for many developing countries, largely because of chronic resource shortages. Usually the tension between the need to staff classroom s and the desire to have fully quali® ed teachers is resolved in favor of quantity. Could quality also be achieved if suf® cient resources were available? This case study reviews efforts at implementing a teacher supply policy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where oil revenues have provided

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... equa te funds to support schools. The UAE ' s policy has had three goals: to supply enough teachers, employ more national teachers, and raise quality in the teaching force. Suf® cient numbers of teachers have consistently been provided, and the number of nationa l teachers has increased. Still, expatriate teachers dominate UAE' s classrooms, and serious questions are raised about the quality of the teaching force. Several policy alternatives are suggested as part of a concerted effort to address the quality issue. 0260-7476/95/030289-13 1995 Journal of Education for Teaching