Longer School Days Are Coming to Select Massachusetts Schools
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Will more time in school translate into greater student achievement? Federal and state officials announced today that Massachusetts, along with Connecticut, New York, Tennessee and Colorado, are participating in a pilot program to find out. Csmonitor.com reports that the program will add at least 300 hours of learning time in some schools starting next fall. Fall River and Lawrence are the two Massachusetts towns included in the pilot project. Boston.com reports that this new program adds to an effort launched six years ago in Massachusetts to lengthen the school day in several school districts. The pilot program reportedly will last three years and include almost 20,000 students in 40 schools with an eye to bringing in more schools if it…
Rose Saia
10:18 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Jonathan Kozol wrote "Death at an Early Age" revealing the massive flaws in the Boston public schools in the 1960s and later covered poor student achievement in New York, New Jersey and St. Louis. Hie correlated economics and social status to poor student achievement and when interviewed, said that there was one thing that could pervasively improve education and schools ... "Money." When this … more ›