Are Charters Like TFA - Inevitable?
As we were discussing previously, LEV has decided to start a conversation about charters coming to Washington. Okay, it's part of public education in the U.S. and I have no problems with dialog. BUT, that's not what LEV does. I know it, they know it. It's part of long push to get charter legislation going and voted into our state.
But there's a couple of interesting turns here. One is that LEV's position is not that charters are great and work
But there's a couple of interesting turns here. One is that LEV's position is not that charters are great and work
More Time in Schools
Interesting op-ed in the NY Times about the lowering of class time/school year in U.S. Schools.
The minimum required school day in West Virginia is already about the length of a “Harry Potter” double feature. In Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, summer school programs are being slashed or eliminated. In Oregon and California this year, students will spend fewer days in the classroom; in rural communities from New Mexico to Idaho, some students will be in school only four days a week.
What's great is that a trend of expanded schedules that started in high-performing charters has transferred over
The minimum required school day in West Virginia is already about the length of a “Harry Potter” double feature. In Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, summer school programs are being slashed or eliminated. In Oregon and California this year, students will spend fewer days in the classroom; in rural communities from New Mexico to Idaho, some students will be in school only four days a week.
What's great is that a trend of expanded schedules that started in high-performing charters has transferred over