[xwdv]

Those are problems your wife has inflicted on herself. If she wants less grading stop assigning so many complicated assignments. If she doesn’t want to think about work, then she should try to care less.

From my experience with friends who are teachers, especially at high school level, there’s no teaching job with built in work-life balance. You must create it through your curriculum and teaching style.

Or like I said, she could just quit and be a stay at home mom. There’s other ways to meet your financial goals.

[bluesroo]

I think you underestimate how heavy the hand of regulation and administration is in certain districts and schools. She gives out a little as she can without having admin intervene in her classroom. There's just no way around the amount of time it takes to build a curriculum and grade 90-150 students worth of assignments and tests.

Regarding your second point, I'd argue that there's no high school level teaching job with work/life balance in our area due to state regulations.

Thanks for your input, but she does not want to be a SAHM and we've both worked together to put together the financial goals for our family. Our goals assume we both have careers, because we both want careers.