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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As much it could be convenient for me, I am not excited by longer days and longer year, especially for elementary school.  8.30 to 3.15 is already a pretty long day of little kids, and end of August to end of June is already a long year.

I grew up in Europe, my elementary school was from 8.30 to 12.45, Monday to Saturday, only 5 grades (1st to 5th, I learned how to read and write at 6), the school year never started before September 15 (the first few years was actually October 1) and usually ended mid June (with less than a week for spring break).  we actually did great and I remember elementary school as an idyllic time.  we did not have more subjects, I had no idea what DNA meant in elementary school, but we had a strong foundation in my language, history, geography and in math with some science.  We built on that foundation in MS and HS.  My impression is that here kids do tons of stuff but everything is rushed and does not stick. my kids was thought many different ways to do a division and at the end she did not know how to do a division. I was thought one method and practiced it and I still know how to take a piece of paper and a pencil and do a division if I need it.

I am sure kids who are otherwise on the street with little support would benefit from it, but all other kids I am not sure. quality is more important than quantity.[/quote] +1 Please share this with the "powers that be." They don't understand that common core is not necessarily rigorous! It is a lot of busy work for teachers and students. [/quote]

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