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Public School Teachers Selling Lesson Plans Online

Posted by kdawson on from the pin-money dept.

theodp writes "Thousands of teachers are using websites like Teachers Pay Teachers and We Are Teachers to cash in on a commodity they used to give away, selling lesson plans online for exercises as simple as M&M sorting and as sophisticated as Shakespeare. While some of this extra money is going to buy books and classroom supplies, the new teacher-entrepreneurs are also spending it on dinners out, mortgage payments, credit card bills, vacation travel and even home renovation, raising questions over who owns material developed for public school classrooms."

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  1. Re:*First post.. by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Robing Peter to pay Paul is pointless and stupid.

    I don't see what clothing has to do with it.

    Obviously lesson plans produced at government funded public schools should be kept free and open so that they can be effectively refined and tailored for specific environments.

    Obviously? In practice unless there is an incentive for sharing there is a good chance they won't be "kept free and open", rather they will remain completely undistributed and locked up.

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  2. Re:*First post.. by Jurily · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me rephrase the argument for you:

    OMG teachers are getting paid!!! How could this happen?! SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!