Selling Lesson Plans

This article looked at ethics from a slightly different view point. Some teachers are now selling their lesson plans online and making hundreds and thousands of dollars in extra money. Some believe that the respective school boards should have a cut of the income while others believe that online selling cheapens the value of what teachers do.

I thought this was an interesting argument considering how undervalued good teachers are. I think it's fair for teachers to pay for any additional school resources they use in creating and selling these plans, but why should teachers be prevented from making extra money from their work and creativity? Especially when they use some of the money to put back into their classrooms? Unlike journalists, who endeavor to create unbiased coverage of issues, teachers create learning tools.

This is simple capitalism in America. And I think teachers are long overdue.