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Overall it would be better for the students and it fixes safety concerns, which I agree is a weak argument but 'for the children' is always a great political ca
by Impossible 8y ago
Overall it would be better for the students and it fixes safety concerns, which I agree is a weak argument but 'for the children' is always a great political card to play. The issue is I don't think making the school day start later will ever get support from teachers, so it won't be considered for most school districts even if its better for the students.
- vondur 8y agoYes. Teachers unions would never agree to have to start later in the day.
- bdamm 8y agoWhy?
- thaumasiotes 8y agoWhen teachers are directly exposed to the light of the sun, they burst into flames. ;)
- vondur 8y agoGood question. My wife was a teacher and they like getting off early. Hard to change something that’s entrenched.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> I don't think making the school day start later will ever get support from teachers, so it won't be considered for most school districts even if its better for the students. Package it with pay increases and/or shortening the day (also good for students) so that teachers still get off at the same time, and it'll go over fine. Even aside from that, teachers aren't the majority of the electoral base for either local school boards or state lawmakers, so if it's important enough to non-teachers, it will get mandated whatever teachers prefer.