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The seven-hour school day has been crushing teenage souls for generations.
This pandemic could permanently change how high school is structured https://trib.al/cRV1jW8
This pandemic could permanently change how high school is structured https://trib.al/cRV1jW8
Students only learn when they are focused.
Yet surveys have long shown that teenagers spend most of their day bored, zoned out and only pretending to listen https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
Yet surveys have long shown that teenagers spend most of their day bored, zoned out and only pretending to listen https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
For decades, high schoolers have forced themselves to get up at the crack of dawn and sleepwalk their way to first-period by 8:00 a.m. They then go to six or seven classes, leave school, and:
Play sports
Head to theater
Go to jobs
Finish homework https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
Play sportsHead to theaterGo to jobsFinish homework https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
But then something wonderful happens in the lives of teenagers: they go to college and the chains drop away.
Their in-person class time drops to 15 hours a week, even with a full course load. Just three hours a day! https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
Their in-person class time drops to 15 hours a week, even with a full course load. Just three hours a day! https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
In return for freedom, college students are expected to:
Do loads of independent work
Participate in group projects
Show up for office hours
Watch online lectures
Complete hands-on laboratory work https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
Do loads of independent workParticipate in group projectsShow up for office hours Watch online lecturesComplete hands-on laboratory work https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
This raises an obvious question: Why can’t our high schools look more like college?
What if kids could choose an every-other-day schedule? Or select a morning or afternoon schedule rather than attending all day long? https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
What if kids could choose an every-other-day schedule? Or select a morning or afternoon schedule rather than attending all day long? https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
At least for the upcoming fall semester, moving to Half-Time High will be a necessity.
The only way for schools to social distance is to operate below capacity. This means running two shifts – either mornings and afternoons, or every other day https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
The only way for schools to social distance is to operate below capacity. This means running two shifts – either mornings and afternoons, or every other day https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
If we don’t want kids to learn half as much, that means continuing with online learning — and lots more independent study — while at home.
If done right, these disruptions could introduce some long-overdue reforms in the way high school is structured https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
If done right, these disruptions could introduce some long-overdue reforms in the way high school is structured https://trib.al/LtvuMlV
