GoodArticle: "Negative Effects of American Teachers' Time With Students "- The Atlantic

"Snyder has a theory for why a much lighter teaching schedule hasn't caught on in many American schools—one that he admits may sound abstract: "I think there's a different notion in Singapore, and in Finland, and in other places where they think that teaching is actually complex, difficult work, cognitively engaging and challenging. [This is] as opposed to, 'Well, you know, anyone can teach. We just tell 'em the right words to use and the right way to do it ... and it will be done.' But it's not the way it works."
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http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/the-ticking-clock-of-us-teacher-burnout/502253/

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