by Bolder Pathway School | Mar 1, 2012 | Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, BVSD, Colorado, disabilities, extended school year, Improving Schools, instructional hours, Reform, remediation, School, Special Education, special needs, summer, Uncategorized
This week, something hit hard on the home front: Extended School Year services, the limitations the law puts on the wording of these services, and the impact this has on special education students that continue to fall further and further behind their peers in...
by jseat | Aug 11, 2011 | extended school year, Improving Schools, instructional hours, private school, Reform, summer, vacation, year round school
At the end of another summer, I find myself revisiting an old question once again, Year-Round School. (Read previous related blogs Summer Controversy and Longer School Day/Year) As pointed out in this article there are many different forms of year-round school and the...
by jseat | Dec 31, 2010 | Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, Colorado, contests, Dave and Buster's, Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Gift Card, homework, instructional hours, Longmont, Northern Colorado, prizes, tutoring
We all know what it is, work assigned to be done at home. But what is the purpose? That varies per teacher. Some teachers assign homework because it is the thing to do but never bother to check it. Some may walk around the classroom and mark in their books whether it...
by jseat | Aug 21, 2010 | achievement, extended school year, instructional hours, summer, vacation, year round school
Summer is over here. The kids went back to school earlier this week. Everyone is excited to meet new teachers and friends and get going with a fresh start to a new year. But yet, already I see some of the disappointment in some of my students, after only 2 or 3 days...
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