Too many days off school can cause learning loss for kids and stress for working parents. The US school year is one of the shortest at only 180 days.
Too many days off school can cause learning loss for kids and stress for working parents. The US school year is one of the shortest at only 180 days.
I disagree with this headline. It’s not the days off that is the issue : brains need resting time, and time to process the information. It’s the distribution of the downtime that is the problem. A more uniform, rhythmic school year would benefit learning.
Fuck teachers need a break too. They work 10-12 hr days sometimes 7 day weeks for shit pay, increasing responsibilities, and they are not allowed to take a vacation when it could be cheaper. Can’t even take a Friday or Monday off before a long weekend.
Nevermind planning the curriculum for months and year in their spare time during the summer. They get maybe 4–6 weeks off before they are working again preparing classrooms, professional development, etc. /rant
Of course they do.