most teachers I know may be in the classroom teaching 180-ish days a year but they work many more days per year than that in preparation and related things to being able to teach their students. Many use their own money to buy supplies etc not covered by what the school supplies.
FACT. Meanwhile, school districts bloat themselves with overhead and overpaid staff who add little to no value to educating kids. Then, there’s the multi million dollar sports programs....
Pensions and health bennies are still unaffordable.
The state of New York knowingly places functional illiterates in classrooms as teachers, thanks to the teachers unions.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/13/ny-dropping-teacher-literacy-test-amid-claims-racism.html
Government schools are a cesspool of affirmative action corruption and incompetence.
My wife spends upwards of $2,500 a year on supplies that the district won’t give her.
Things like ink, paper, and such.
Now with the new tax laws, we can’t deduct it.
It is more than a 180 day a year job. Heck, if I had to deal with the snowflake parents, I would be in jail by now.
But the case in question is actually pretty typical. Superintendents get the raises, and teachers are asked to do more with less (or supplement with fundraising or their own money). Raising taxes just makes the problem worse, and half the reason we have such a bloated management in schools is all the laws and regulations.
My wife teaches high school math, and has to teach “honor’s” kids how to multiply
The problem isn’t the teachers, it is the useless, bloated bureaucracy of building and district that is stifling both teachers and students.
My wife’s district (considered one of the best in the region) (and most wealthy) gave its teachers $30.00 a piece for supplies this year. They last year spent $5,000 (non refundable) for a set of books that will never be used because the Principal deems them to be “too controversial” after the purchase he okayed. Building discipline is at best inconsistent and at worst non-existent.
The district has spent millions of dollars to get and keep certification for the International Baccalaureate program, only to now have it brushed aside to make way for the “new” STEM program.(spending millions more) (We live in an industrial city our district has actively done away with its industrial arts program until now).
We live in a state where the governor is currently screwing teachers on their pensions. In fact our state Supreme Court is forcing the State to return the 3% of every paycheck that it confiscated from the teachers. (not holding my breath on seeing that money any time soon. :( Not depending on the state for retirement.
I remember during the 1990’s Americans were talking about how little money teachers made considering the daunting task they had to do. Now it seems they-are a convenient foil for the failure of administration.
My older sister is a special ed teacher. Every year she takes up a collection from the family to buy children things like underwear, shoes, socks, coats, etc.