Longer school day the answer?

[JoJaBuckeye]

Has anyone ever studied the cost of completely eliminating the public education infrastructure and simply paying itinerant instructers to monitor student progress via online and/or in-home visits?

Right off the bat, facilities cost goes away. Food cost/prep goes away. Busing/fuel/maintenance goes away. Instead we have an army of laptop-wielding, traveling teachers working out of their own homes.

It's an idea whose time has come.

 

[Thump]

It's an idea whose time has come.

In theory it doesn't sound too bad but the social interaction with students is half of the learning process.

 

[buckeyefool]

Has anyone ever studied the cost of completely eliminating the public education infrastructure and simply paying itinerant instructers to monitor student progress via online and/or in-home visits?

Right off the bat, facilities cost goes away. Food cost/prep goes away. Busing/fuel/maintenance goes away. Instead we have an army of laptop-wielding, traveling teachers working out of their own homes.

It's an idea whose time has come.

Who watches the child when they are home?

What if you can't afford internet access?

And as Thump said allot of what kids learn in school is the social side of life. This would have to be the dumbest idea ever.

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

In theory it doesn't sound too bad but the social interaction with students is half of the learning process.

The "social interaction" component to my knowledge has never been proven to be beneficial to education by its presence or detrimental to education by its absence.

We do know that children need at least one solid adult role model for positive development.

 

[gregorylee]

In theory it doesn't sound too bad but the social interaction with students is half of the learning process.

Then why are you guys always telling the students to be quiet?!?

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

Who watches the child when they are home?

I haven't figured that out yet.

What if you can't afford internet access?

The school would provide connectivity and PCs.

And as Thump said allot of what kids learn in school is the social side of life. This would have to be the dumbest idea ever.

This is an unproven qualitative aspect of the school experience, IF the goal is to educate children. However, my proposal does not preclude families getting their children together for group activities. Home school associations do this on a regular basis, and home schooled students perform well against their public school counterparts in spelling and geography bees (despite the best efforts of mindless hollywood producers to mock and ridicule them).

 

[methomps]

This is an unproven qualitative aspect of the school experience, IF the goal is to educate children. However, my proposal does not preclude families getting their children together for group activities. Home school associations do this on a regular basis, and home schooled students perform well against their public school counterparts in spelling and geography bees (despite the best efforts of mindless hollywood producers to mock and ridicule them).

Education isn't the only benefit of school. There is a very large social component.

Distance learning is an important niche, but it is just that.

 

[redskinbucksfan]

I think that 35 hours of school, 18 hours of work, 6 or 7 hours of workout regimen (in the offseason), and then another 7 or so hours of studying is a respectable time committment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that I have it hard, or that it gets easier down the road, but committing 60+ hours a week to school/sports/work is definitely a handfull, especially when you have multiple AP classes to study for.

Not to mention during football season when I have 3 hour practices mon-thur, pre-game/game for 6.5 hours friday, and then saturday film.

Wait till you get married and have a career.:tongue2:

 

[ScarletBlood31]

Has anyone ever studied the cost of completely eliminating the public education infrastructure and simply paying itinerant instructers to monitor student progress via online and/or in-home visits?

Right off the bat, facilities cost goes away. Food cost/prep goes away. Busing/fuel/maintenance goes away. Instead we have an army of laptop-wielding, traveling teachers working out of their own homes.

It's an idea whose time has come.

You can't be serious.


Apart from just getting an education and learning your academics, half of school is learning how to interact with people. Sure, I guess kids could learn facts and subjects just as well through a computer, but they would have no idea how to act with peers in the real world, and won't be nearly as comfortable with working with others.


Horrible idea.

 

[fourteenandoh]

I think that 35 hours of school, 18 hours of work, 6 or 7 hours of workout regimen (in the offseason), and then another 7 or so hours of studying is a respectable time committment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that I have it hard, or that it gets easier down the road, but committing 60+ hours a week to school/sports/work is definitely a handfull, especially when you have multiple AP classes to study for.

Not to mention during football season when I have 3 hour practices mon-thur, pre-game/game for 6.5 hours friday, and then saturday film.

i was right there with you when i was in HS. i thought i was streched so thin i couldn't add anything else to my plate. then i got went to college, played a sport and had a job. i thought that was tough. then i went and got a "real" job. i'm not saying you don't have a large time commitment on your hands, i'm just saying that you'll look back and wish you were as stretched as you are now.

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

There is a very large social component.

Yeah...how's that workin out for us?

 

[scooter1369]

Yeah...how's that workin out for us?

For most of us, just dandy thanks.

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

For most of us, just dandy thanks.

Funny. I refer you to the thread you just created about horny teachers. That "social component" what you're talking about?

And I repeat...there have been no studies to demonstrate the value of the social component in education. For now, it's wishful postulation on your part with negative evidence adding up fast.

 

[scooter1369]

Funny. I refer you to the thread you just created about horny teachers. That "social component" what you're talking about?

And I repeat...there have been no studies to demonstrate the value of the social component in education. For now, it's wishful postulation on your part with negative evidence adding up fast.

Yeah I'm sure we'd all be better off having no friends and living in our parents' basements blogging our lives away.

Tell me you wouldn't have benefited from poking some of your teachers...

 

[Thump]

And I repeat...there have been no studies to demonstrate the value of the social component in education. For now, it's wishful postulation on your part with negative evidence adding up fast.

Come see the home-schooled students I get who have the social compatibility of a 6 year old.