Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Homework policies are often set at the school/district level, so while I really advocate for parents speaking up, please don't go lecturing teachers about this. They know how you feel. Have one conversation, find out who sets the policy, take it up with them.

This!!! It’s not our fault ^

It’s difficult for me to sympathize withthis because teachers have one of the most powerful political presences in the United States. Their votes shift elections. When pay or jobs are threatened, I see entire counties go on strike. But when policies directly damage kids,

I am sympathetic to this. Kids should be protected, by both parents and teachers. OTOH, imagine if you applied this to another workplace? "McDonald's employees should strike against the marketing of unhealthy Happy Meals to children. Can't believe they only strike about wages!"

I see people argue that teachers should *both* be held to a higher standard *and* be paid less than private sector counterparts. Teachers would be better able to read up on the evidence and take a principled stand if they weren't already working 50+ hour weeks.

And, more than teachers, I would argue that parents have a voice - which is where this discussion started. Parents and teachers should work together to challenge norms that don't help children learn. (Just please don't yell at teachers about the homework policy.) /end

FWIW, - teachers' unions and teachers are two separate entities; AFAICT, the unions hold the real power - private school teachers earn less than public school teachers https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1029764091810725888?s=20 … - not yelling at a child on behalf of a teacher is not a crime against the teacher.

Yeah, not telling at your child is not what I'm talking about. I had had an uncountable number of students' parents yell at me on an uncountable variety of topics, and I was only a FT teacher for less than two years.