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A greater supply of teachers would push down salaries, particularly after the pandemic is over. I'm not sure that the unions would advocate for small class size
by keenmaster 6y ago
A greater supply of teachers would push down salaries, particularly after the pandemic is over. I'm not sure that the unions would advocate for small class sizes unless they're really worried that teachers might be fired or furloughed. That being said, I would rather just have the kids learn online for, hopefully, 5-6 more months.
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- bigyikes 6y agoHow would this increase the supply of teachers? Wouldn’t it do the opposite: increase demand? I’ve never taken an economics course so this is my naive assumption.
- esyir 6y agoYou're sort of right, but not quite. It would increase demand in the short term, but this reduced class size is a response to disease. When the human malware situation ends, class sizes might go back up, and the increased supply from aforementioned increased demand might suppress wages. This of course assumes that this event lasts long enough for the number of teachers to scale to meet this.
- JPKab 6y agoMalcolm Gladwell has some very interesting analysis of class size: https://www.businessinsider.com/classroom-sizes-too-small-malcolm-gladwell-2015-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/classroom-sizes-too-small-ma... He noted that with education budgets, smaller class sizes are chosen instead of paying teachers more, and that the data doesn't show the improvements you would expect.