Time to Learn : How a New School Schedule Is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods

by Gabrieli, Christopher; Goldstein, Warren

• ISBN13: 9780470258088
• ISBN10: 047025808X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-25
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive guide to this "New School Day" a powerful, practical, tested, thoroughly achievable transformation of American public education that can dramatically improve student academic success while narrowing the racial "achievement gap. The core premise is a simple one: we need to provide children with enough time to gain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed and thrive in the 21 st century. The current school day -- 6 hours and 180 days per year is no longer enough to provide students with the full range of educational and social experiences they need. 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. With the addition of at least two more hours per day, the new school day reworks the schedule so that children can achieve mastery of core academic subjects, receive individualized instruction and tutoring, and have exposure to a broad array of topics such as the arts, music, drama and sports. From leafy suburbs to inner cities, A New Day for Schools takes us inside the innovative schools that are reaping the benefits of an extended school giving students more time for in-depth and creative learning experiences. The book shows us what works (and what doesn't), and what it will take to transform the old school day into the new. Table of ContentsPart I: A New Day for Schools Reading and Writing in the New School Day Math in the New School Day Science and Technology in the New School Day History, Foreign Languages, and Social Studies Art, Music, Drama, and Other Enrichment Activities Character and Behavior Recess, Physical Education, and Sports Homework Part II: Creating the New School Day in Your Community Making the Most of Time How Can You Create a New School Day? Issues for Teachers Issues for Parents Issues for Communities Frequently Asked Questions Conclusion: Dawn of a New Age for Schooling

Author Biography

Christopher Gabrieli, an entrepreneur in the business, nonprofit, and public policy arenas, is cofounder and cochairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, and he is leading the first statewide effort in America to expand learning time for all students at participating schools.

Warren Goldstein teaches U.S. history and chairs the Department of History at the University of Hartford. An award-winning historian and essayist, he is author of William Sloane Coffin, Jr: A Holy Impatience, Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball, and (with Elliott Gorn) A Brief History of American Sports.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Schooling Outside the Box

A New Day for Schools

Reading and Writing in the New School Day

Math in the New School Day

Science and Technology in the New School Day

History, Foreign Languages, and Social Studies

Art, Music, Drama, and Other Enrichment Activities

Character and Behavior

Recess, Physical Education, and Sports

Homework

Creating the New School Day in Your Community

Making the Most of Time

How Can You Create a New School Day?

Issues for Teachers

Issues for Parents

Issues for Communities

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion: Dawn of a New Age for Schooling

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