October 11, 2011 President Obama President White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, As you will see in my letter, I am concerned with how kids would react to longer school years. I’m sure most would not be happy about the thought of that, but there would be some Grade-A students out there that would love this, because it would be able to increase their education and learning skills. But throughout my letter I am just going to suggest some ways for you and Congress to help or possibly change some things about the school years. Sincerely, ****** ******* To me, by extending school days and years, I feel like the education would not increase for all students and schools. Just the ones that really strive for it and want a better education.
After School Programs: Academic Enhancement or Baby Sitting? All cities strive to ensure that children and youth develop into healthy, productive members of society. Out-of-school-time programs, include after-school and summer learning programs, have been increasing seen as helping cities and state meet this goal (Orr, Bodilly, Naftel, Constant, Scherer, Gershwin, and McCombs). Parents today may work a 9 to 5 shift which requires some assistants in after school activities for their children. Some parents allow their children to stay home alone for the first few hours until their return, and some chose an alternative method of after school programming.
The Battle of School Days In 2009, U.S.A Today’s columnists were arguing to reschedule school weeks for only four days. Gregory A Schmidts, superintendent of MACRAY public schools, wrote how these four day week would be beneficial. On the other hand, the newspaper editorial board opposed saying that four days are not enough. A small but growing number of schools districts in the U.S are changing their system to a four days of school with the hope that it close holes in budgets and utility bills. It is inevitable to think that during this economy recession a four days school week could be a cost saving measure; however, it is a big mistake to take away one day of school since it will affects parents, child, staff and the country in many different ways.
No Child Left Behind Act: Educational Epiphany or Epic Failure Amanda Phillips Western Governors University No Child Left Behind Act: Educational Epiphany or Epic Failure No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was designed by the Bush administration to reduce the "learning gap" between different groups of students and to ensure better teacher equality. However, it sets forth a method of measuring "Adequate Yearly Progress" which aims at 100% proficiency in 10 years time (from the start of the program) (CEP, 2004). As schools struggle to meet the act's impossibly high goals, many incentives to keep underperforming students out, or to hold those already in the school back present themselves. The primary objective
Some of these activities are sports, instrumental lessons, and the after school program. People do these activities during the school year, and they’d lose much of their time at the frequent breaks.
One sibling might be enjoying his or her two month break while the other has to sit in class working. Being in school during the summer makes it difficult for them to learn knowing their siblings are on vacation. Moreover, family vacations are very difficult to schedule, and complicates their plans. Most families take vacations during the summer. Most parents take advantage of their son or daughter two month off to spend time with them, such as going on family vacation, doing summer activities, and everything else associated with summer activity.
Little did I know that every class I ditched, my high school would lose approximately $17.40 according to the article “is it time to ditch Senior Year?” by Hsu, Caroline. (2). High schools should ban Senior ditch days. It would save schools a lot of money. Therefore, the school can provide more activities and supplies which would help the students
Over the past decade, arguments have evolved concerning whether American school children are in school too few days. Some educators and school boards want to implement a year-round school system. This has been both embraced and rejected. One problem at the core of these arguments is the definition of year-round schooling. What is Year-Round School?
While there are many disadvantages from allowing advertising in school, many people argue that revenue from in-school advertising can maintain the quality of education during budget crisis. The budget crisis forces schools to reduce their education facilities.The author Samuel informs that, “The situation in the Orange County district, which has seen its budget drop from $46 million to $41 million. Orange County schoolofficials, district leaders elsewhere are having to cut programs once thought untouchable, expand class sizes, reduce basic transportation and schoolsports, and, in some cases, even shorten the school year” ( 8 ).That means students in that school don't have the best education due to budget cut. Thus, most school leaders find that allowing advertising is a promising business because it raises a lot of money. According to Bazar,“The Arizona city just outside Phoenix began displaying ads on the sides
Students might want to drop out because they are struggling in school, getting bullied, have a health issue, have personal family problems, or just have a planned out future that doesn't require a high school diploma. Making teens do something they absolutely don't want to do, especially after they are 16, can result in even worse outcomes. “Efforts to raise the age usually come up against the argument that requiring students to stay in school when they no longer want to be there is disruptive to the other students and not fair to the teacher”. Thats a very knowledgeable statement because its true that when teens want to drop out, they want to drop out before they are 18, so they are most likely going to be careless and disrespectful at school. Some teens have personal reasons that are sometimes urgent, and staying in school isn't an option.