The blue glow from sixth-grade English teacher Brooke Davis' laptop has become her 2-year-old son's night-light. Every night, as she coaxes Cooper to sleep with one hand, she’s also inputting her students’ grades and finishing up other administrative tasks she just couldn’t get to earlier in the day.
“I had hoped to accomplish some grading during my planning period,” she says, “but instead I’ve spent that time covering other classes due to lack of substitutes, meeting with parents of kids with disabilities, drafting special education plans, returning parent phone calls, meeting with colleagues, and doing all the other duties that come with the job. Because there is no overtime for teachers, all this work goes unpaid. It’s another 12 hours of work for just eight hours of pay."
Davis isn’t the only one.
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