Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods | 
 enlarge | Authors: Christopher Gabrieli, Warren Goldstein
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 462000
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 047025808X
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.24
EAN: 9780470258088
ASIN: 047025808X
Publication Date: April 25, 2008
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Product Description
Across the country, an educational revolution is taking root. Kids are learning more. Teachers are free to teach beyond the test. And parents aren’t worried about what their kids are up to after school. What accounts for this change? The simple answer is, “More time to learn.” The current school day—6 hours and 180 days per year—is obsolete.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.The old school day is also out of step with the reality of working families without a stay-at-home parent to manage their children’s after-school time.Using an additional one to two hours, the new school day reworks the schedule so that children can master core academic subjects, receive individualized instruction and tutoring, and be exposed to a broad array of topics such as the arts, music, drama, and sports.
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Practical book for improving education in America and solving the achievement gap April 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an elected School Board member in Alabama, I was privileged to receive an advanced copy of the book. What I like about the book is that it lays out the case for improving education by changing the way we teach and changing long held beliefs inherent in the American education system.
The book combines the business and political acumen of Chris Gabrieli with the educational expertise of Warren Goldstein to lay out a blueprint for success in enacting their program. Since they have implemented the program in Massachusetts, they know where all the objections and pitfalls are and they candidly explain not only where these objections are but how to overcome them.
It only makes sense to better utilize the school buildings. The fixed costs are there--buildings that are heated and cooled--so by marginally increasing the variable costs--teachers or other instructors--there is better utilization of those facilities. For a little more money, our children can improve their math, science and reading skills. In addition with more PE and extracurricular activities, the kids will have more fun.
I think the authors are really onto something. I think their ideas will revolutionize and revitalize the American educational system. I hope their road map for these ideas will implemented across the country.
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