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Gabrieli asserts that schools use time in an outmoded way: schools used to take summers off because children would help at the farms to bring in the crops in the old days -- or because summers are hot and school houses need to be cool; but today these are not really factors (Koonce, 2016). Therefore, according to this side of the argument, time can be better managed and -- in fact -- expanded so as to close the achievement gap; in short, there should be more time spent in schools. On the other side of the argument is Larry Cuban, however, who shows that there is no evidence that more time spent in school actually leads to greater academic achievement (Koonce, 2016). So, there is the idealistic side, represented by Gabrieli, and the scientific side, represented by Cuban.
My belief about this issue is that success is largely dependent upon the individual student and his/her familial support at home (Kim, 2008). If a family is supportive and encouraging about education and provides the right motivation, the child should succeed academically speaking. If these supports...
Children need support outside of school, too. On the other hand, if school becomes their life (because they spend so much time there), it could become the new family support -- displacing the old notion of family, which could work for students who come from broken families. This is an idea that could be put into practice in areas that are largely impacted by this type of weak familial support at home. Another way to think about this issue is that time has to be used effectively too -- as Rollins (2014) points out: accelerated learning gives students confidence and a desire to do more; if students are not pushed, it does not matter how much time they spend in school (p. 8).
Virtual schooling is something that I would support to a limited degree. I think it is a positive development in that it breaks down barriers of time and space and allows more information to be communicated in a manner that was beforehand impossible. It makes conveying information easier and more attendant to the needs of the individual (a lesson can be downloaded and streamed live, for instance). It can be reviewed again and again, paused,…
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21st Century Skills. (2015). The Glossary of Education Reform. Retrieved from http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/
Kim, C. (2008). Academic success begins at home: How children can succeed in school. Heritage. Retrieved from http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/09/academic-success-begins-at-home-how-children-can-succeed-in-school
Koonce, G. (2016). (Ed). Taking sides: Clashing views on educational issues expanded
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