[ProgressiveEd] NYC students to get a week less school this coming year!
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Tue, 27 May 2003 23:36:21 EDT
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Under Chancellor Rudy Crew (the last chancellor with a background in
education), we had several staff development days included in the calendar that were
immediately removed by Harold Levy (the first chancellor with a background in
business).
True school improvement requires substantial time for teachers to meet, plan,
and learn. It is best for this to take place when students do not have to
be taught by substitutes. NYC already surpasses the state requirement of 180
school days and does so in few air conditioned buildings and many stiflingly
hot buildings. Ending school earlier or opening it later would not deprive
the students of more education, but would enable their teachers to provide them
with more cohesive, better planned education.
Alyce Barr
Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies
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AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"2">Under Chancellor Rudy Crew (the last chancell=
or with a background in education), we had several staff development days in=
cluded in the calendar that were immediately removed by Harold Levy (the fir=
st chancellor with a background in business). <BR>
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True school improvement requires substantial time for teachers to meet, plan=
, and learn. It is best for this to take place when students do not h=
ave to be taught by substitutes. NYC already surpasses the state requ=
irement of 180 school days and does so in few air conditioned buildings and=20=
many stiflingly hot buildings. Ending school earlier or opening it la=
ter would not deprive the students of more education, but would enable their=
teachers to provide them with more cohesive, better planned education.<BR>
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Alyce Barr<BR>
Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=
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