School day extension
Annie O’Brien
Kate Lampert EN101013X/EN101L013X
November 21, 2013
The question remains unanswered and critics, the government, students, teachers, communities still don’t have an answer; Should the school day hours of elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools be extended? National and State government’s only have a say in the public schools. Private school’s are not funded by the state or nation therefore support themselves and create their own rules. An average public school day consists of
67 hours required at school than provides optional after school programs or extra help.
Although extra hours and making the required school day longer may be beneficial for some students, parents, teachers, and community members ultimatley extending the number of hours in a school day would not be ideal due to the financial changes it will put upon the government, stresses and exhaustion some of these young children would face with extra hours and the fact that when students would be dismissed from school it would be very dark and potentially unsafe for students traveling by foot.
Not every student performs at the same level and some students may need some extra help or time than other students do. Research in Buenos Aires, Argentina done by
Juan LLach, Cecilia Adrogue, and Maria Gigaglia concludes that “lowerability students benefit more from increases in allocated or engaged time, whereas higherability students only benefit very slightly; if at all.” (6) Even if the lowerability students do benefit from time
increases in the school day, the higherability students do not obtain a strong benefit so the government should not spend the extra $1,200 a year per student just to assist the lowerability students. There are alternatives for those students who do need extra time and help. School’s offer extra time after school open for students to receive extra help from their teachers. Not only can a student receive extra help during
Kate Lampert EN101013X/EN101L013X
November 21, 2013
The question remains unanswered and critics, the government, students, teachers, communities still don’t have an answer; Should the school day hours of elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools be extended? National and State government’s only have a say in the public schools. Private school’s are not funded by the state or nation therefore support themselves and create their own rules. An average public school day consists of
67 hours required at school than provides optional after school programs or extra help.
Although extra hours and making the required school day longer may be beneficial for some students, parents, teachers, and community members ultimatley extending the number of hours in a school day would not be ideal due to the financial changes it will put upon the government, stresses and exhaustion some of these young children would face with extra hours and the fact that when students would be dismissed from school it would be very dark and potentially unsafe for students traveling by foot.
Not every student performs at the same level and some students may need some extra help or time than other students do. Research in Buenos Aires, Argentina done by
Juan LLach, Cecilia Adrogue, and Maria Gigaglia concludes that “lowerability students benefit more from increases in allocated or engaged time, whereas higherability students only benefit very slightly; if at all.” (6) Even if the lowerability students do benefit from time
increases in the school day, the higherability students do not obtain a strong benefit so the government should not spend the extra $1,200 a year per student just to assist the lowerability students. There are alternatives for those students who do need extra time and help. School’s offer extra time after school open for students to receive extra help from their teachers. Not only can a student receive extra help during