Thursday, July 7, 2011

Teachers don't work a full year?

Ask anyone. Teaching's a cushy job. Work from 7:30 to 3, and get the whole summer off. You and I know that's bull, but now we have some real research to back us up.

According to a post in the Wall Street Journal's "Real Time Economics" blog:

" American teachers are the most productive among major developed countries, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development....Among 27 member nations tracked by the OECD, U.S. primary-school educators spent 1,097 hours a year teaching despite only spending 36 weeks a year in the classroom — among the lowest among the countries tracked. That was more than 100 hours more than New Zealand, in second place at 985 hours, despite students in that country going to school for 39 weeks. The OECD average is 786 hours."


"And that’s just the time teachers spend on instruction. Including hours teachers spend on work at home and outside the classroom, American primary-school educators spend 1,913 working in a year. According to data from the comparable year in a Labor Department survey, an average full-time employee works 1,932 hours a year spread out over 48 weeks (excluding two weeks vacation and federal holidays)."

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