tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post9120464368173700104..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Christie's Useless School Time Proposal in Three GraphsDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-28380909492049976802015-01-07T13:59:48.723-08:002015-01-07T13:59:48.723-08:00To quote the late, great educator John Goodlad:
H...To quote the late, great educator John Goodlad:<br /><br />However, a need to expand the length and breadth of schooling does not necessarily follow from well-founded arguments regarding the critical importance of education. As I have said repeatedly, schooling and education are not synonymous.Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-35735034113926849402014-01-17T10:58:49.107-08:002014-01-17T10:58:49.107-08:00Ooh, ooh! I may know how we're paying for ext...Ooh, ooh! I may know how we're paying for extended day. I visited a charter school today and was told to come early because Fridays are always half-days. So yeah - an hour longer M through Thurs, offset by the half-day on Fridays. See? I never would have known this if I hadn't gone there myself.Mrs. King's music studentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211235832988015448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-52062676539106304602014-01-15T13:34:32.755-08:002014-01-15T13:34:32.755-08:00This proposal is nothing but another way to gut co...This proposal is nothing but another way to gut collective bargaining. This number of days that a teacher works and the length of the school day are negotiated items.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450299515788984101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67721458639309416642014-01-15T06:59:45.179-08:002014-01-15T06:59:45.179-08:00Wow, Karen Lewis and Marie Corfield read JJ! Way t...Wow, Karen Lewis and Marie Corfield read JJ! Way to go.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-50777530590452964732014-01-15T06:18:37.413-08:002014-01-15T06:18:37.413-08:00Doesn't anyone from the media find it odd, hyp...Doesn't anyone from the media find it odd, hypocritical, CRAZY dissonant that Christie himself pays Delbarton upwards of $30,000 a year to keep his son in school for 6 hours a day, 163 days a year? This model is good enough for the children of the elites, but not for our kids? JanetMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688630747176374407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-55138939221521712252014-01-15T04:37:11.125-08:002014-01-15T04:37:11.125-08:00I love how your graphs come from the DOE itself. W...I love how your graphs come from the DOE itself. Wonder if, when push comes to shove, they will have the courage to defend their own research? Marie Corfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462049509943707599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56017909387935745832014-01-14T20:16:55.979-08:002014-01-14T20:16:55.979-08:00Where have we heard this before? In Chicago, cand...Where have we heard this before? In Chicago, candidate Rahm Emanuel screamed loudly and as often as his cronies could pay protesters to hold upside down signs, that Chicago had the shortest school day in the world. He told community leaders that the spigot of funds would be turned off if they did not support his longer school day and he told the public that teachers got raises and kids got the shaft" <br /><br />This works because the school day and year have never aligned themselves with the work day and year. When I asked why he was so laser-focused on the longer school day, he told me "I can't have kids on the street on 1:30". I responded - "Oh -so this is a babysitting, warehousing scheme". And that's when I got cussed out.<br /><br />The school reformers playbook gets passed around like a mash note since Broad infected "leadership" and TFA-stained staffers, the politicians are always looking for something for nothing. They don't even have to come up with new talking points. <br /><br />It would be lovely if they could be truly innovative and original. But that would require real critical thinking skills. And of course, their children go to private schools where they have world languages, PE, the arts (all of them), science, social studies 3 libraries and they're not in school all day or all year. They have unionized teachers who are trusted and valued. <br /><br />Let's face it. They're preparing our children for the world of drudgery work, while their children learn to rule. And that's the status quo on steroids.<br /><br />Karen Lewismrslewischemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290412264673844469noreply@blogger.com