The days per year that teachers actually work for a living 187: (12 days of staff development before the school year begins plus 175 instructional days)
The days during the school year that they take off every conceivable holiday PAID: 25
Add in the summer months spent off, and I certainly do not see where any teacher is overpaid or overworked.
In fact, they are receiving salaries and benefits that most people earn by working year round.
No sympathy in this corner for underpaid/overworked teachers.
Again, their argument is that the perception is that teachers are starving and overworked. They are correct, that is the perception.
They have not said that teachers are starving and overworked.