Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer.
Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in the initiative, which is intended to boost student achievement and make U.S. schools more competitive on a global level.
The three-year pilot program will affect almost 20,000 students in 40 schools, with long-term hopes of expanding the program to include additional schools - especially those that serve low-income communities. Schools, working in concert with districts, parents and teachers, will decide whether to make the school day longer, add more days to the school year or both.
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ReplyDeleteyou forgot the main reason more hours longer days = bigger pay checks for teachers. i would like to see 29 hour work weeks for school teachers so board of ed don't have to pay for med insurance for teachers.
And give free dinner to qualified students? More welfare?
ReplyDeleteWould the grad. rate be any better and the kids get smarter? I doubt it hey have to get rid of the teachers first.
ReplyDeleteI'm a teacher. I would gladly cut back to a 29 hour work week after sending my children to their grandparents for 8 hours over the weekend so I could prepare for this weeks lessons and grade last weeks papers. I also had a meeting today sfter school, PTA meetings Thursday night, and a fundraising event for a few hours on Saturday. Oh, and I work a part time job in order to pay down my $35000 of student loans.
ReplyDeleteI work hard and I do a good job. Why isn't there ever any appreciation for teachers--especially on this blog?
If you can do a better job, then go get a master's degree and stop complaining.
Just improve the lessons in those classrooms involved. If there were better teachers in those classrooms, this wouldn't be considered
ReplyDeleteThat will never happen. I teach across the hall from a drunk and nothing ever happens--no consequences. The teacher unions protecting bad teachers is where the blame lies for the poor state of our education system.
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