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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school day, and the school year, is too long. School should run end of September through early May. The school day for k-12 should be five hours long.

Quality of time over quantity of time. Saying you sat there for 7 hours just to sit there for 7 hours means nothing. Make the time count. I am not surprised students are burning out in October. [/quote]

Funny. I'm not in disagreement, but have you read any of the thread about schools' no-homework policies? There are plenty of parents who are not happy that their children aren't bringing home work after spending over 6.5 hours in school each day.[/quote]

DP. I think the school day is too long [i]and[/i] that kids should actually get homework.  I also think that block scheduling is detrimental to learning, especially long term learning.  [/quote]

Well colleges in a sense do block learning. You either have classes M, W, F or Tues, Th.[/quote]

Middle school and high school students are not high school students.  Middle school and high school is not college.

What is so detrimental about block scheduling?

For some reason, some people think they should be.[/quote][/quote]

What is so detrimental about block scheduling?? I’ve noticed that my son is more organized, has more time to complete work and study for classes, and overall more balanced homework. I love it![/quote]

For some classes, such as math, foreign language, and music/band/strings/chorus, consistent daily practice is a better way to learn than longer less frequent periods.  For some classes such as English and science, a longer period gives more time for in-depth discussion or a lab, but even those don't happen in every single class.

Since a block schedule is every other day, the teacher plans for two lessons in the 90 minute period - but neither teachers nor students can focus on one subject that long so some material is dropped or not absorbed.  Ultimately, the kids cover less content or learn more shallowly.  And if they have any homework at all, it is less, since teachers assign single homework rather than double.  [/quote]

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