Monday, April 18, 2011

Teachers Hold "Grade-Ins" at Malls To Demonstrate Workload

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"Wisc., Mich. and Other Teachers Hold 'Grade-Ins' to Demonstrate Workload"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/teachers-grade-ins_n_847609.html
The Huffington Post
April 11, 2011

Teachers in Wisconsin, Michigan and elsewhere held protests in malls on weekends to show how much work they do outside of school.  The teachers did lesson plans, grading and correcting tests.  In the video that is included in the article a teacher states she normally works on weekends anyway so she decided to show support for teachers and do her work at the mall.

This is a great way to show the public at large how hard the job of teaching really is - especially after one media person "argued teachers don't deserve as much money because they "don't work as much".  It is also a wonderful way for teachers to show support for one another in a non-confrontational way.


We have talked in our classes how teachers could change the climate of debate in the nationwide discussion.  This is a great way to do it!  It is not a protest filled with shouting, but instead is shows openly what the teachers are doing, they are able to interact with the public and it is in a venue that people are familiar and comfortable with.  

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