tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post3544404145700119920..comments2023-11-05T06:51:51.312-06:00Comments on Here Comes Johnny Yen Again...: Random Ten For a Welcome FridayJohnny Yenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-66462090316380251472007-06-08T13:35:00.000-05:002007-06-08T13:35:00.000-05:00Marianne Faithful just played a concert here last ...Marianne Faithful just played a concert here last week. She had cancelled a few months ago while battling cancer. Good to see her back.Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-74034444271951950182007-06-08T10:42:00.000-05:002007-06-08T10:42:00.000-05:00Yeah, danielle, year round schools are stupid, esp...Yeah, danielle, year round schools are stupid, especially when mixed with conventional calendar schools. I helped kill the idea here. <BR/><BR/>When we started the study group, there were several teachers who had been lobbied by a year round school special interest group and were pushing it hard. When we finished our research, even the most hardcore year-round advocates had to admit that none of the studies showed any evidence of statistically significant educational advantages to year round school unless they also had badly flawed methodology.<BR/><BR/>To make matters worse, year round schools increase operating expenses and shorten the life of the school buildings.<BR/><BR/>When the school board tried to get the study group to develop an implementation plan anyway, the two of us that had opposed the idea from the start resigned, and at the next school board meeting rest of the study group told the school board that they had completed their mandate to study and report on the effects of year round schools and they declined to work on an implementation plan. The plan died there.<BR/><BR/>One of the big California districts adopted year round school for all of their schools and at the end of the trial period, ALL of the schools that could switched back, and the rest sued the district to let them switch back as well.deadspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269304319838438877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-16830520170953955772007-06-08T09:44:00.000-05:002007-06-08T09:44:00.000-05:00I love old Elvis Costello!!!Out here we have a com...I love old Elvis Costello!!!<BR/>Out here we have a combination of 9 months schools and year round schools. So I have one son who is officially off for the summer and the other who has to go until August when he get's a month off before entering the first grade. I can't understand the logic of this system no matter how much I try.<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836716475835685334noreply@blogger.com