ASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. A recentASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll asked readers if instituting a longer school day and year will better prepare students for success in college and the workforce.
The concept of the longer school day or year in the U.S. has developed a strong following and is being implemented or discussed in a variety of educational settings, from charters schools (many of which deliberately expand beyond conventional school time trying to catch students up to grade level) to innovative public high schools experimenting with alternative schedules. In addition, with the wide adoption of Common Core State Standards, there may very well be the need to spend more time learning to reach a higher degree of proficiency required by the new standards. A variety of organizations has developed resources to explore or support the longer day or year for U.S. schools. One such organization, the National Center on Time & Learning, recently conducted research on the general public's attitude toward more school time. In this week's poll question, we sought to determine if the education audience shares the attitudes of the general public.
Interestingly, the ASCD SmartBrief readers who responded are less favorable toward the ability of more school time to better prepare students for college and career. Of the general public, 32 percent agreed
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Improving Schools: The Prerequisites for Personalizing Learning — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGImproving Schools: The Prerequisites for Personalizing LearningJanuary 27, 2014 by Sean SladePersonalizing learning* will not truly take place in our schools unless we understand and act on three key things. Until then we will continue to tinker, adjust, and tweak a fundamentally non-person