[Florin_Andrei]

> This was, however, clearly written by statisticians that have no teacher friends or family.

Or it's paid propaganda by whoever. In fact, I think this has a higher probability to be true.

I'm married to a teacher and the whole "article" is bullshit.

[shaggyfrog]

> Or it's paid propaganda by whoever

I was curious about the site's owner (American Enterprise Institute) and looked them up on Wikipedia to give me context for reading the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute

Half my family are teachers, at least. They spent a huge amount of time outside of a "standard" 40-hour work week preparing lessons, grading, etc. It's a tough profession if you don't love it.

[tptacek]

I don't doubt it's a tough profession, but I have trouble squaring how unattractive it is with stats like the small percentage of applicants the Chicago Public School system actually hires, compared to their very large pool of applicants.

[shaggyfrog]

I can't be sure, of course, but perhaps more teachers are trained every year than are capable of being employed (due to policy or whatever else). Perhaps Chicago is seen as a more desirous place to live and work than other places. Perhaps the Chicago Public School system has a good reputation or good policies and many people want to work for them.

What possibilities have you considered?

[Florin_Andrei]

ROTFL

I knew it. The "article" is 100% propaganda.

[vkhn]

Paid propaganda or not, I hold that these men have no teacher friends or family, or they would not have written this.