tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124842699211980001.post5139078080677762026..comments2023-09-24T08:01:37.910-04:00Comments on NYC Students Blog: Ben Shanahan Testimony from July 11, 2007 DoE hearing on Contracts for excellenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124842699211980001.post-31494468231699222122007-07-16T16:07:00.000-04:002007-07-16T16:07:00.000-04:00agreedagreedSeth Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666068782337354220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124842699211980001.post-23127647242425943032007-07-15T14:38:00.000-04:002007-07-15T14:38:00.000-04:00I'm really concerned with proposals of adding more...I'm really concerned with proposals of adding more time spent in school. First of all, it just doesn't make sense. You can't fix a broken education system by adding more of what doesn't work. Do these kids of proposals imply that efficiency in the system is impossible so we have to add more time to the day and year so that students pay for time inevitably wasted by the system? <BR/><BR/>Secondly, students already spend so much time in school or doing homework, papers and projects for school. Perhaps failure is seen in schools where homework is an ineffective method of teaching. A school whose students do more homework effectively has a longer day, while a school whose students do less has a shorter one. Maybe a lengthened, strengthened day, accompanied by the abolition of homework would be a good thing. <BR/><BR/>DanaDana O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647490101993047051noreply@blogger.com