http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9507 joe Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:43:04 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9507 Improving the quality of the schools would go a lot farther toward achieving academic gains than extending the hours children spend in inadequate school programs. Improving the quality of the schools would go a lot farther toward achieving academic gains than extending the hours children spend in inadequate school programs.

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9492 another parent Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:50:12 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9492 I agree with this post and the above comment. If extending the school day means incorporating meaningful activities in a more relaxed setting, then it's a good idea. As Donya said, the key is moderation. Everyone, children and adults, need some down time too. I also would not like to see the education system raising a generation of test-takers. I agree with this post and the above comment. If extending the school day means incorporating meaningful activities in a more relaxed setting, then it’s a good idea. As Donya said, the key is moderation. Everyone, children and adults, need some down time too. I also would not like to see the education system raising a generation of test-takers.

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9491 A Parent Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:43:35 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/10/07/bronx-mom-is-extending-the-school-day-a-fine-fine-idea/#comment-9491 I completely agree with everything in this post. When Obama says that children need more time in school could he only be talking about other people's children, not his own? He has chosen to send his children to private school. If that school is anything like the private schools here in NY, then his children spend less time in school than those in public school, not more. (The school day may not be significantly shorter, but I'm willing to bet that the school year contains fewer days than does the public school calendar.) I hope that Obama is not falling into the Bloomberg trap of running public schools for what OTHER PEOPLE'S (read, the poor masses') children need. I completely agree with everything in this post. When Obama says that children need more time in school could he only be talking about other people’s children, not his own? He has chosen to send his children to private school. If that school is anything like the private schools here in NY, then his children spend less time in school than those in public school, not more. (The school day may not be significantly shorter, but I’m willing to bet that the school year contains fewer days than does the public school calendar.) I hope that Obama is not falling into the Bloomberg trap of running public schools for what OTHER PEOPLE’S (read, the poor masses’) children need.

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