On Giving Teachers Enough Time

Today’s Unjammed episode is built around a simple-if-implausible idea: what happens when teachers are given enough time to do their work. It’s not just about having enough time to complete all the items off the to-do list, either. (Though that does matter!) More importantly, it’s about what it means for teachers to step into a classroom as their best selves—a win for teachers, yes, but more importantly a win for students.

I feel this one, in my bones. There’s the to do list, but there’s also the deeper worker (spending time thinking, looking after myself, etc etc) and there just ain’t enough time for both.