The thing with class sizes though, is it seems like they've been too high for decades at this point. I remember large classes when I was in school and my kids today seem to have classes that are around that same size. Is it just the new normal at that point?
It also seems like the overall time in class for students today compared to years ago has dropped significantly. When I was in school, PD days felt like they were a rarity, but they're seemingly constant now. My kids seem to have more weeks that are not full weeks of school than they have that are actually 5 days.
And yeah, there are some teachers who go above and beyond to do extra curricular things. Some of them are amazing in the time and energy they give! But I feel like that also inflates the average hours worked. There are also a whack of teachers who aren't involved in those things. And like someone noted earlier, this is what they signed up for. It's not exactly a secret that these challenges exist for teachers.
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