The New York mayor Bill de Blasio has come up with a plan to add an hour to school for the students who struggle to learn. its costing $150 million. Will it pay off? Maybe its not the teachers that are failing but the students who are resisting to learn. the education systems main goal is to improve 94 of the New York schools that had the lowest test scores. will the extra hour frustrate and exhaust the kids? other way to fix the problem is to help with their mental and physical health. "We’ll give them the tools, the leadership, and the support they need to succeed — and we’ll hold them accountable for delivering higher achievement,” de Blasio said. So is it the students to blame? Is the extra hour supposed to serve as a punishment if so? These are all the questions that popped up into my head when i read this article. The New York education system cant fail now, then our generation will grow slow and that's leaving others to do the work.
http://news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-adds-one-hour-school-day-struggling-204656843.html
http://news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-adds-one-hour-school-day-struggling-204656843.html
This sounds like a good, but bad idea because people schedules may not fit into this situation.
ReplyDeleteI think the students who need more help will be very grateful to the mayor for the extra hour and I think it will act as a sort of study hall or free period where students can go to their teachers and get a bit of extra help on things, but the hour is part of "regulation" so it's not optional.
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