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Changes at the District Level
Please read Chapter 11 of The Kids Left Behind. As you read, fill in the graphic organizer on the next two pages, outlining how each structural change to school policies can help improve educational and personal outcomes of students in poverty. Then, describe some of the barriers to implementing these changes. Some prefer the traditional method and may feel strange within an environment that promotes changes that are witnessed in this strategy. Schools may not have the resources or time to devote to a new means of instructing students. Essentially this strategy asks for a large overhaul of existing policy. Some schools cannot achieve that under a reasonable amount of time.
Why It's a Good Idea
Common Barriers to Implementation
Providing extra instructional time
Impoverished students stand to benefit from the additional time and attention brought on by this strategy. This is because these students can use the extra time to devote to problem areas and then improve. The students from Gainesville essentially had an 8-day school week that led to improved test score in math and English language arts.
Potential barriers are lack of resources to enable additional instruction. If there is no instructor willing to put in additional time to teach these students, then there will be no availability of instruction. Students also may not want to participate and devote extra hours to school. Their parents may not want to, or are not able to take them.
Starting early
Adding an earlier school day provides additional time students may need to dedicate to their studies.
Compliance may be low and students and school staff may not see benefits from earlier starts.
Reorganizing the school day and week
The school day does not have to follow a traditional method. The book mentions a redesigned 4-day school week where students learn at the end to relearn lessons and have additional time to enrichment and remediation. This strategy when applied correctly, can lead to less time spent in school for students, while still maintaining a high level of academic proficiency.
Extend the school day
Schools in countries like France have a longer school day than seen I the United States. With this strategy, students can use that extra time to complete homework in the library or focus on remediation and enrichment. The time can be extended in the morning or the afternoon, or both. It offers students the means with which to take the time to focus on the curriculum instead of the traditional school day responsibilities.
A major barrier to this kind of strategy is willingness on both the teacher's part and the student's. Students may not wish to devote extra time to learning and instead may want to leave earlier. Teachers may already feel overloaded with work and feel they cannot devote the time needed to supervise during those extra hours. It all boils down to lack of resources and time.
Module 4 reading, cont'd.
Strategy
Why It's a Good Idea
Common Barriers to Implementation
Extend the school year
Extending the school year can be beneficial in that students can receive assistance during the summer months when remediation and enrichment can help the most. Year-long school with smaller breaks in between has been adopted by countries like England and has led to improvement in academics.
Schools may not have the resources to enable…
References
Barr, R. D., & Parrett, W. (2007). The kids left behind: Catching up the underachieving children of poverty. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
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