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If children aren't receiving sufficient formalised practice in 30 hours of school per week then the curriculum is too crowded. Imagine a manager saying "you ne

• germinalphrase 9y ago
  As a teacher, I can confirm that state standards are generally overcrowded. This naturally leads to (for instance) high school students who don't know their parts of speech, but - you know - gotta keep moving. The discrete goals that schools are expected to fulfill are excessive, poorly defined, and politically vulnerable. It's a odd game.
• bsder 9y ago
  > If children aren't receiving sufficient formalised practice in 30 hours of school per week then the curriculum is too crowded. That's fine, but don't complain about the education of the children not being very good afterward. 100 hours barely moves you out of the novice category for any subject. > Imagine a manager saying "you need to brush up on your C++. But we're too busy to arrange training. An hour a day after work should help instead" Funny, that's exactly what about 1/3 of the students in the CS classes that I taught were doing. Almost all of whom paid for the class themselves. They disagree with your assessment to the tune of several thousand dollars of hard earned money.