Posted on 09/30/2010 5:56:13 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
TODAY'S QUESTION:: Should the school year be lengthened as President Obama suggests? (Poll closes at 7 p.m.)
YES (459 responses)
53%
NO (409 responses)
47%
868 total responses
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I have seen no evidence he does.
i agree in keeping students in the grade until they master the skills necessary to move forward... if lengthening the year is a way to do it, then so be it...
i believe local jurisdictions make the call... not obama...
teeman
Trying to put a little more distance between parents and kids. Check
Give kids more indoctrination time. Check
Opportunity to hire more union teachers. Check
Eliminate thousands of private sector summer camp jobs, check.
School is simply taxpayer provided daycare for liberals. Many schools feed their students breakfast AND lunch with some now offering an early dinner just before the kids leave. Liberals HATE HATE HATE summer vacation. Anytime spent with the family and not with government indoctrination is a bad thing for liberals. This idea that if we somehow do a bad thing for a longer amount of time will make things better is silly.
EVERYTHING he's said, tried or made happen winds up to be crap.
Of course. It requires at least 425 days a year to learn all of the 57 states.
Obama’s “suggestion” on extending the school year has been around for decades.
Start after “cough cough” labor day and finish before Memorial Day
This is part of the continuing trend toward year-around school. The Nanny state’s racism awareness centers want the children as much as possible. They should not be doing any real learning with a summer job.
51-49 now.
SAY NO TO SCHOOL IN THE SUMMER!
And more school funding.
Voted NO. 48%
First, we know Obama is all about unions.
Second, extend the school year to be full-time.
Third, give all teachers a 25% pay raise to compensate.
“Should the school year be lengthened as President Obama suggests?”
CERTAINLY NOT, if they are public/PUBIC schools.
He just wants more and faster Marxist indoctrination.
No, to both questions.
It’s NOT about LENGTH OF TIME!
It is ALL about what they are LEARNING.
If they would scrap the propaganda and focus on KNOWLEDGE, we wouldn’t NEED a LONGER DAY.
Ask any homeschooler. They spend LESS time teaching than a typical public school day and kids KNOW MORE.
Explain that.
I teach in a public school. My question for the President is, what business is it of his how long the states choose the school year to be? Isn’t his plate full enough with things he is supposed to be in charge of?
Trying to put a little more distance between parents and kids. Check
Give kids more indoctrination time. Check
Opportunity to hire more union teachers. Check
RIGHT ON!
Ask a homeschooler how much time they need.
They spend LESS time and kids KNOW MORE. It’s ALL about the CONTENT and HIGH STANDARDS.
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