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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the knee jerk rejection of it. Why would you "organize against" this without learning what it is and how it will impact you directly?

I also don't understand the obsession with "hours of instruction". If this year has taught me anything, it is that hours of instruction is a poor proxy for learning, and that kids need a lot more variety in their schedules in order to learn (including breaks and independent study time and opportunities to talk to their classmates in an unstructured way). I feel like a half-day on Wednesdays would be a great opportunity to not only provide teachers with professional development time (which they need and deserve -- who doesn't want their kids' teachers to be growing and improving?), but could also really benefit kids, especially those who need acceleration. But I could also foresee this being an opportunity for non-academic interest groups, literacy tutoring with volunteers, and other enrichment activities. Or just a break from academics to play and be active in aftercare.

Why is everyone automatically assuming this is bad? I don't get it.[/quote]

I agree with a lot of this. I’d be curious to know what the “acceleration” programming looks like—lots of parents have complained here that their kids are falling behind, and this could be an opportunity for them to catch up, with specialized attention and instruction. I’m not wild about the idea but I’m willing to hear more. I know my teacher friends are not going to be happy about more PD.[/quote]

Stop being naive. Who do you think is going to provide this specialized attention and instruction?  If DCPS wants to remedy learning loss they need to be increasing instructional time across the board, not decreasing it. [/quote]

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