Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's imposed longer school day -- "Messing up what works"

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's imposed longer school day -- "Messing up what works":

Rahm's imposed longer school day -- "Messing up what works"

by Mike Klonsky

“They [CPS officials] should look at the quality of the school day, not the quantity. ... If the system is working for Northside, why do they want to mess up what works?” -- Northside College Prep parent

Northside College Prep

The elite public schools in Chicago want no part of Rahm's longer school day boondoggle. For one thing, there'sno basis for it in education research. For another, the mayor sends his own children to a private school that has a shorter school year than Chicago's and one that rejects his notion that more seat time in school translates to better learning outcomes.

At Chicago's top-scoring high school, parents are up in arms over the mayor's autocratic mandate.

The Sun-Times reports that