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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For ES, I think that there needs to be more movement breaks and two real recesses, not just 30 minutes. Or a 30 minute recess and 30 minute PE class where the kids are moving each day.

But I don’t think the school day is too long. There is not enough time for a real social studies or science component in the ES each year. Kids need to more time to move and release their energy but they still should be learning in the core subjects and they just are not.

I think we need to go back to tracked classes so that there are fewer groups to teach in a class so it is easier for Teachers to prepare classes. I think changing classrooms for classes should be allowed in ES so a kid who is struggling a bit in LA but is strong in math can be in the appropriate class for each subject. Changing classes would even allow for the Teachers to have a group of Advanced learners in one subject but the struggling kids in another group, spreading that work load more evenly across the Teaching staff and decreasing burn out.

I think that we need to revisit how we provide services for kids with IEPs. We need more seats in specialized programs and a shorter window for moving kids who are struggling in the mainstream class into the specialized classes and a better approach for moving those kids back into the mainstream when they are ready. We need the Federal Government to actually fun its mandates so that there is money to hire the right Teachers with strong credentials and more of them to work with the kids who need the most specialized help.

But a 5 hour school day is not going to work. There is no way that most families in the US could pull off the child care requirements for that and many families would not be able to afford after care or before care.

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My DW teaches only math in an upper ES grade. She has three math classes, one of which is the advanced math class. I teach at a lower ES grade level. She admits that her workload and stress level is lower. [/quote]

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