Interesting developments with teachers' time

URBANA – How much of a teacher's work lies outside the classroom?

There are the tests and homework to grade, the meetings with parents and other teachers, the lesson planning, the improvement lectures, committees and workshops, the No Child Left Behind-inspired curriculum and test preparation. And so on.

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