More time in the classroom won't fix education problems:
"“…greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”
President Obama’s latest proposal is to increase classroom time by as much as three hours a day and to open schools on weekends to give kids a safe place to hang out. What is unclear is whether or not this additional time in class would be instructional time. And true to form, the President never discussed the financial impact.
Although unspoken, his reasoning is essentially financial. At a time when most school districts are cutting teacher salaries and benefits, and increasing the student/teacher ratio and pupils per classroom, the unions are negotiating reductions in classroom time as compensation. In other words, less pay translates into less time in class for the children."
"“…greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”
President Obama’s latest proposal is to increase classroom time by as much as three hours a day and to open schools on weekends to give kids a safe place to hang out. What is unclear is whether or not this additional time in class would be instructional time. And true to form, the President never discussed the financial impact.
Although unspoken, his reasoning is essentially financial. At a time when most school districts are cutting teacher salaries and benefits, and increasing the student/teacher ratio and pupils per classroom, the unions are negotiating reductions in classroom time as compensation. In other words, less pay translates into less time in class for the children."