Overview
- Nearly three in ten teachers report losing substantial instructional time to interruptions and a lack of working atmosphere, according to the latest OECD findings.
- In secondary schools, 25% of teachers say many students do not start working until well after class begins, compared with a 16% OECD average.
- A Murcia teacher’s viral video describes needing 20 minutes just to begin a lesson and frequent pauses to regain attention.
- A Ministry-cited report warns that one in five teachers is considering leaving the profession, linking classroom climate to burnout concerns.
- Educators debate causes—ranging from weak home limits and heavy screen use to large class sizes and unmet student needs—and propose co-teaching, sustained in-person classroom-management training, and lower ratios under a pending class-size law, while some staff in Catalonia describe wellbeing coordinator roles as a limited patch.