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2010-07-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Small delay in school start times=big benefits

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Posted by gorb 2010-07-06 02:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I have only one thing to say that nullifies this whole article, invalidates the research, and disproves the premise.
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ACT average 17, Dropout rate 48%, self esteem very high.

Posted by Ebbese Ebbump8799 2010-07-06 08:23|| 2010-07-06 08:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Shorten the school day, and triple or quadruple the actual number of hours taken up by actual investigation of ideas and development of intellectual skills during the hours that remain. Most time spent in US public schools is busywork, babysitting, or multiple-choice testprepping.

Posted by lex 2010-07-06 08:40|| 2010-07-06 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Most time spent in US public schools is busywork, babysitting, or multiple-choice testprepping.

Yeah, high school was the biggest waste of six years of my life. Well not six years, but it was a waste in a low performing, high minority school. The problem with a short school day is that students won't go home and hit the books. Esp. with the parents away at work and an empty house ... I would rather see toughened curriculum and discipline. If you fail, you fail and get held back. And year round schooling.

Posted by ed 2010-07-06 08:57|| 2010-07-06 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Go 9 to 5. Two weeks off in the summer. Get the kiddos used to it. They'll be doing it the rest of their life. If they're lucky.

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-06 21:02|| 2010-07-06 21:02|| Front Page Top

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