tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post1025503040782985484..comments2024-01-30T05:25:56.085-07:00Comments on A Teacher's View: The Four-Day School Weekmmazenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-26133316967754710562014-01-31T15:08:41.499-07:002014-01-31T15:08:41.499-07:00Thank you, Xuan Nhi. I appreciate the feedback and...Thank you, Xuan Nhi. I appreciate the feedback and the graph. You are absolutely right, and I continue to advocate for it.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-53030500294747913742014-01-31T13:39:02.970-07:002014-01-31T13:39:02.970-07:00Thank you for posting this, it's nice to hear ...Thank you for posting this, it's nice to hear from a teacher's perspective. I have been reading into this and seeing the changes/impacts since some of these schools have migrated to a four day school week. Some of the benefits that I've found is that absenteeism has lowered for both students and teachers. Performance has also increased. Looking into some of the statistics today in the Iowa area, abseentism has been steadily increasing throughout the decades. It is not a good trend, poor attendance leads to lower graduation levels. I have included the link for this data below. Therefore I believe that a four day school week is definitely a right trend in helping increase our students graduation percentage and at the same time balance out or decreasing our budgets to allow room for more community volunteer time etc... <br /><br /> http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_210.10.asp Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446105023051682751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-64120893070792669932013-09-29T08:39:53.945-06:002013-09-29T08:39:53.945-06:00Great post. I think this goes in line with the ide...Great post. I think this goes in line with the idea that learning can happen anywhere, anytime, and doesn't need to be confined to a specific schedule mandated by the state. My high school recently extended the school day slightly in order to embed time during the school day for academic assistance, clubs to meet, or to even leave campus for upperclassmen. I would love to see more schools think outside of their traditional schedules to better meet the needs of 21st century learners.Redefining Rigorhttp://www.redefiningrigor.comnoreply@blogger.com