Comment A Result of a Failed System (Score 2) 40
Teachers are paid for 40 hours per week. And not well. Current starting salaries are enough to afford to live in a ditch.
They teach 5 classes per day. They get 1 period free when students cannot come into their classroom. Plus 1 hour before school and 1 hour after school when students can come in.
The system thinks grading papers and preparing lessons are free services that teachers provide.
The system will do anything but hire more teachers so that they each can have 3 periods per day and spend the rest of the time grading, prepping, and helping students during their paid hours.