When I think about it, no other plan makes sense, so why have Americans been dragging their feet on year-round-school? Dr. Matthew Lynch, Assistant Professor of Education at Widener University and author of three books, believes that year-round-school would be disruptive to families. His concerns are valid, but I believe that there is a solution for each of them.
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“We can no longer afford an academic calendar designed when America was a nation of farmers who needed their children at home plowing the land at the end of each day,” Obama said. He continued to say “That calendar may have once made sense, but today, it puts us at a competitive disadvantage. Our children spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea. That is no way to prepare them for a 21st century economy.”
The alternative to increase student achievement is to reduce time in PE like Bucks Couty, PA, will do. This is not a solution, nor is a longer day. Children need to be children, not with 10 weeks of summer vacation, but with time during the day to assimilate knowledge, explore and create. With the proper foundation this can be accomplished through year-round-school.
Are you willing?
Read the full article at:
http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/matthew-lynch-the-disadvantages-of-year-round-schools/
and President Obama's appeal:
http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2009/03/obama-proposes-longer-school-days-extended-school-year/
