A sustainable path . . .

[star seed 7]

Getting paid $45K for 9 months of work doesn't sound that bad. Plus, you can do a second job in the summer.

We should just work them 11 months and adjust their salary accordingly.

Why? What would they do?

year round school with more short breaks for kids.  summers off is antiquated.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Getting paid $45K for 9 months of work doesn't sound that bad. Plus, you can do a second job in the summer.

We should just work them 11 months and adjust their salary accordingly.

Why? What would they do?

Teach for 11 months instead of 9, sort of like teachers in other countries with better schools than ours do it.

[8manpick]

Getting paid $45K for 9 months of work doesn't sound that bad. Plus, you can do a second job in the summer.

We should just work them 11 months and adjust their salary accordingly.

Why? What would they do?

year round school with more short breaks for kids.  summers off is antiquated.

So still only ~190 days of work?

[Rage Against the McKee]

Getting paid $45K for 9 months of work doesn't sound that bad. Plus, you can do a second job in the summer.

We should just work them 11 months and adjust their salary accordingly.

Why? What would they do?

year round school with more short breaks for kids.  summers off is antiquated.

So still only ~190 days of work?

Maybe 225 or so.

[8manpick]

Getting paid $45K for 9 months of work doesn't sound that bad. Plus, you can do a second job in the summer.

We should just work them 11 months and adjust their salary accordingly.

Why? What would they do?

Teach for 11 months instead of 9, sort of like teachers in other countries with better schools than ours do it.

I haven't really checked sources on this article specifically, but other countries that go for more days aren't necessarily spending more time in class

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Time-in-school-How-does-the-US-compare

[CNS]

More spread out with breaks less than two weeks equates to less knowledge loss ove break and equates to less time spent going over crap learnd last year.  Retention studies basically blame summer farming breaks for kids losing like a third of what they learned last year.  If thr first month or more of every year wasn't spent re-engaging kids or catching them back up to where they left last may, then the class would progress much faster.  Now multiply that by twelve years in school.