Time to learn : how a new school schedule is making smarter kids, happier parents, and safer neighborhoods

Time to learn : how a new school schedule is making smarter kids, happier parents, and safer neighborhoods /

"The current school day--6 hours and 180 days per year--is obsolete. It fails to provide students with the academic foundations and well-rounded education they need to succeed and thrive in the twenty-first century. Using an additional one to two hours, the new school day reworks the schedule s...

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Main Authors: Gabrieli, Christopher, Goldstein, Warren (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Subjects:
Schedules, School.
School day.
Educational change.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : the promise of a new school day
  • Pt. 1. Time for core academics
  • 2. The ABCs of success : reading and writing in the new school day
  • 3. "Miss Spencer, can I have tutoring?" : how the new school day adds up for math
  • 4. Back from exile : the return of science, history, languages, and social studies in the new school day
  • Pt. 2. Time for a well-rounded education
  • 5. Dance, drumming, and debate : time for enrichment and extracurriculars in the new school day
  • 6. Time to focus : making space for social and emotional learning
  • 7. No more couch potatoes : recess, physical education, and sports in the new school day
  • 8. Inside job : redefining homework into the new school day
  • Pt. 3. Who benefits from more learning time?
  • 9. The gift of more time : teachers and teaching in the new school day
  • 10. More school? : why kids (yes, kids!) and their parents like the new school day
  • 11. "I don't have kids in school, why should I care?" : beyond the classroom : public health, neighborhood safety, and the new school day
  • Pt. 4. Transforming the school day
  • 12. Alternate routes? : other ways to make the most of school time
  • 13. For whom the new bell tolls : why the new school day works for many different children, families, and communities
  • 14. Getting down to business : do's and don't's in creating the new school day
  • 15. Blueprint for success : lessons learned and open questions about the new school day
  • 16. Conclusion : time for change, time to learn.

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