About that longer school year
Starting school before Labor Day is all the rage, writes Curmudgeon. But it’s hot. It’s at this time of year, when the temperature in the building is above 90° and the only fans are ones the teachers...
View ArticleHouston schools try charter ideas
Houston’s Apollo 20 experiment is trying to improve low-performing schools by using successful charter schools’ tactics, reports the New York Times. Five policies are common to successful charters,...
View ArticleMore school, less summer?
Top-performing South Korea requires 220 days of school, “22 percent more than our measly minimum of 180 days,” writes the New York Post. Are the lazy days of summer too lazy in the U.S.? “More...
View ArticleMore time, more dropouts
Fifteen Detroit schools lengthened the school day by 24 minutes and the year by 35 days, writes Sarah Butrymowicz on the Hechinger Report. The state took over the failing schools in 2012. Southeastern...
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