Life in the Mom Lane
Are Long School Days the Answer to Educational Concerns?
There has been recent talk of longer school days, but one mom doesn't believe it's the right option for children.
Lately there has been a lot of talk about increasing the length of time that students spend in the classroom each day. Recently, it was announced that a pilot program will be introduced in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Tennessee and Colorado that will allow some cities and towns to lengthen the school day. The goal is to determine if the move to a longer school day will help students to achieve more academically. Here in Massachusetts two towns, Lawrence and Fall River, are expected to participate in the program which will add approximately 300 hours of learning time to the school year. The pilot program is expected to continue for approximately three years. Now, let’s face it. As moms we do joke around a lot about dying for …
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Christine Berry MacKenzie
6:08 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Thank you both for your comments and support. While I am not on board with a longer day you definitely make valid points, J.R. There would absolutely need to be a trade off with less homework and longer lunch periods as well as study periods would be a tremendous benefit. I am, however, a HUGE fan of gym class and wish that students were able to have it more, not less, often. I was actually … more ›