More time in classroom raises student test scores

Published: Sunday, March 18 2012 12:04 a.m. MDT

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When Jeffery Smith took over as superintendent in 2009, the Balsz Elementary School District in northeast Phoenix was in trouble. Enrollment was down. Students failed to meet federal and state performance standards. The state labeled two of the district's five schools as underperforming.

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worf

Mcallen, TX

Winglish,

How many days did:

Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Mark Twain
Samuel Morse
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln

miss?

Schools are funded through attendance. Forcing children More..

10:52 p.m. March 19, 2012
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bradleyc

Layton, UT

Kids need time to be kids. More instructional time is not the answer. We push our kids to death now. Our best and brightest have not always been our best scholars but rather those creatives who can think outside the box, invent new ways of doing More..

7:28 a.m. March 18, 2012
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johnl

Sandy, Utah

Common sense... Unfortunately this is a Republican state and usually the education system is the last for funding thus the short fridays and numerous days off in addition to our holidays.

8:19 a.m. March 18, 2012
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