English Education secretary Nicky Morgan:
“And when I hear of teachers working late into the night marking books, planning lessons, preparing for inspections that may or may not come, I do two things: I marvel at their dedication. But I also think, there must be a better way.
“I don’t want my child to be taught by someone too tired, too stressed and too anxious to do the job well.”
She said her first priority was to reduce the overall burden on teachers and second to ensure that teachers spend more time in the classroom teaching.
As I've said before, her first priority -- reducing teacher workloads -- should be the top one for improving US schools, as all other reforms founder when there is no capacity to implement them. So it is good on some level to hear the Conservatives in England saying something which public education advocates over here rarely say out loud.
On the other hand, it is hard to see how that goes along with more time in the classroom, so I wouldn't trust the bastards long enough to get to the end of the sentence.
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