These are just some of the added hours, outside of the school day, at the same time our insurance rates have out-increased our pay raises, the federal government has been more and more restrictive increasingly less tolerant of teachers who think creatively, and rich guys buy their uneducated beliefs onto the ballots in an attempt to require even more costly and more restrictive assessments on public education.
For those of you who are keeping track, it takes between six and eight hours for a teacher to prepare quarterly report cards, these days, if s/he is attempting to do everything correctly. The technology used in the process has made things so much easier for us. When I started teaching, 25 years ago, we had to average all the grades using a calculator and record the grades using a pencil. Back in those days, a couple of hours would take care of it.
These are just some of the added hours, outside of the school day, at the same time our insurance rates have out-increased our pay raises, the federal government has been more and more restrictive increasingly less tolerant of teachers who think creatively, and rich guys buy their uneducated beliefs onto the ballots in an attempt to require even more costly and more restrictive assessments on public education. Comments are closed.
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