Anonymous
11/09/2015 14:35
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
By mid-May my kids ES is already showing a lot of videos. Pretty sure if they increased instruction time, actual instruction would not increase.
Anonymous
11/09/2015 14:27
Subject: Re:DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
No to longer year. Maybe to longer day--only if it allows more creative play time. For all of those referencing other countries that have longer school year, those schools also have extended breaks throughout the school year. So, camp would still be needed. Summer vacations would become impossible. Teachers would bolt for jurisdictions where they have a longer summer. There are many things broken within DCPS that can be fixed without increasing the length of the school year.
Anonymous
11/09/2015 12:35
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
Where is a link to the survey? Please someone post
Seems it's only accessible via email from DCPS - they don't seem to want non-parents answering it.
The conspiracy theories you guys cook up never cease to amaze me.
https://twitter.com/dcpublicschools
Anonymous
11/09/2015 11:08
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
Where is a link to the survey? Please someone post
Seems it's only accessible via email from DCPS - they don't seem to want non-parents answering it.
Anonymous
11/09/2015 11:07
Subject: Re:DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/this-high-school-was-struggling-but-a-community-was-able-to-turn-it-around/2015/11/08/89d3ce56-84c1-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html
Timely article. JEB Stuart HS in Fairfax saw measurable gains in the performance of low-income students by increasing instructional time. (Now, how they did it is another problem altogether)
Timely article. JEB Stuart HS in Fairfax saw measurable gains in the performance of low-income students by increasing instructional time. (Now, how they did it is another problem altogether)
Anonymous
11/08/2015 13:57
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
What is the test prep and worksheets you speak of. DC has been at DCPS for 4 years and I haven't seen any of this. Survey specifically asks what you would like to see in a longer school year and suggests language, arts etc.
You really trust DCPS that much? HA!!! You had better be specific, for schools that have many children behind what do you think they will be doing?
Anonymous
11/08/2015 11:57
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
Where is a link to the survey? Please someone post
Anonymous
11/08/2015 11:30
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
What is the test prep and worksheets you speak of. DC has been at DCPS for 4 years and I haven't seen any of this. Survey specifically asks what you would like to see in a longer school year and suggests language, arts etc.
4 years -- which grades?
Anonymous
11/08/2015 06:41
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
What is the test prep and worksheets you speak of. DC has been at DCPS for 4 years and I haven't seen any of this. Survey specifically asks what you would like to see in a longer school year and suggests language, arts etc.
Anonymous
11/08/2015 05:52
Subject: Re:DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Kids in DCPS currently have 1,176.5 hours of school a year. (181 days @ 6.5 hours a day)
Page three of this document shows the average weeks and hours per year in OECD countries.
http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/EDIF%202014--N22%20(eng).pdf
Most do have a longer year but they all have fewer hours in school per year. Children in Finland for example have just 650 hours of school over 38 weeks. That sounds about right to me.
Here's another schedule showing hours by country and age:
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Time-in-school-How-does-the-US-compare/Hours-of-Instruction-by-Country.pdf[/quote.
So how does Finland do in the testing? I mean they spend about half the time our kids do in school. Are they half as bright?
Anonymous
11/07/2015 23:10
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Then take the survey already and specify how you want that time to be spent. If you say nothing, your child will be doing worksheets all day. DCPS is not providing any information on how time will be spent because they are seeking FEEDBACK from the survey.
Anonymous
11/07/2015 23:03
Subject: Re:DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Kids in DCPS currently have 1,176.5 hours of school a year. (181 days @ 6.5 hours a day)
Page three of this document shows the average weeks and hours per year in OECD countries.
http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/EDIF%202014--N22%20(eng).pdf
Most do have a longer year but they all have fewer hours in school per year. Children in Finland for example have just 650 hours of school over 38 weeks. That sounds about right to me.
Here's another schedule showing hours by country and age:
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Time-in-school-How-does-the-US-compare/Hours-of-Instruction-by-Country.pdf
Page three of this document shows the average weeks and hours per year in OECD countries.
http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/EDIF%202014--N22%20(eng).pdf
Most do have a longer year but they all have fewer hours in school per year. Children in Finland for example have just 650 hours of school over 38 weeks. That sounds about right to me.
Here's another schedule showing hours by country and age:
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Time-in-school-How-does-the-US-compare/Hours-of-Instruction-by-Country.pdf
Anonymous
11/07/2015 22:36
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous wrote:Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.
DCPS has not provided any information regarding how that extra time will be spent. Your child could very well be sitting in a classroom even longer, doing worksheets and prepping for more standardized testing. If DCPS isn't going to offer a curriculum with more arts and outdoor activities, then I'd rather pay for summer camps that offer those activities.
Anonymous
11/07/2015 21:36
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Anonymous
11/07/2015 21:34
Subject: DCPS Survey - Increase Instructional Time
Parent to two Elementary schools kids. Yes to longer year. Research shows long summer break not good for academics. Use extra time to for more arts, language and outdoor Ed.