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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 21st century. The current school day -- 6 ½ 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.
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