[kittymyrib]

Have you noticed a spate of these school stories? It's near the end of the school year and these things happen when teachers have had enough. To avoid these unpleasant episodes, the school year should be shortened to the old 160 days. That's when the scores for standardized tests were much higher than they are now, by the way.

[Flipyaforreal]

LOL! True, did you see this article via Drudge?? Too much, lol!

"Boy, 12, Accused Of Threatening Allergic Teacher With Cookie"

[sharktrager]

Well, I doubt there is a correlation. Other nations with better performance actually have longer school years.

The issue is the quality of teachers, not the length of the school year. The teachers' unions have worked to insure that poor teachers remain in their positions. Additionally, the teachers who are given the better paying, and influential, department head positions are generally the greatest supporters of the unions.

Add in the fact that our legal system and poor parenting have essentially eliminated any reasonable discipline in the schools, and you have to expect that our educational system will suffer.