“If it’s only an hour or two, I think teachers can afford to do that,” said Robert Rivera, 40, who worries about sending his 13-year-old daughter to the troubled high school next year.
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Rhode Island teachers fired: Plan roils poor RI city - washingtonpost.com Keep in mind that two hours a day adds up when you consider the average school year in the U.S. is 180 days. Lengthening the school day by two hours without raising pay would essentially mean teachers would not be paid for 360 hours of work. In other words, they would not be paid for an additional 45 days worth of work—9 full weeks without pay. But that’s someone else’s time and money, so what do you care? (via robot-heart-politics) And while you keep that in mind, also keep in mind that the actual figure was only an additional 25 minutes of instructional time, 50% of the students are failing all of their classes, the graduation rate is only 48%, the after-school tutoring time was to be compensated at $30 / hr, the average teacher salary at the school was over $72k per year before benefits, and they only work 3/4 of the year. The median household income for the area is $22k. There’s just not a good source of tax revenue to pay for the additional time for teachers that already make three times the median salary. |
