Longer School Days Coming to Select Mass. Schools
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools as part of a pilot program. Will it help?
Will more time in school translate into greater student achievement? Federal and state officials are announcing today that Massachusetts, along with Connecticut, New York, Tennessee and Colorado, are participating in a pilot program to find out. Csmonitor.com reports that the program will add at least 300 hours of learning time in some schools starting next fall. Fall River and Lawrence are the two Massachusetts cities included in the pilot project. Boston.com reports that this new program adds to an effort launched six years ago in Massachusetts to lengthen the school day in several school districts. The pilot program reportedly will last three years and include almost 20,000 students in 40 schools with an eye to bringing in more schools…
Jeff F.
2:53 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Sorry..but, if it is left to Peabody to make this decision, it will NEVER happen here. Peabody is notoriously cheap and short-sighted. There is zero (I repeat ZERO)chance they would take on the additional costs (electricity, heat, AC, janitors, secretaries, teachers, security guards etc). I have been in this city a looong time, and I am 150% sure of one thing: residents of this city care wayyyy … more ›