首页
登录
职称英语
While the mission of public schools has expanded beyond education to include
While the mission of public schools has expanded beyond education to include
游客
2024-04-09
1
管理
问题
While the mission of public schools has expanded beyond education to include social support and extra-curricular activities, the academic schedule has changed little in more than a century.
Reclaiming the school day for academic instruction and escaping the time-bound traditions of education are vital steps in the school-reform process, says a report released today by the National Education Commission on Time and Learning.
The commission’s report, titled "Prisoners of Time," calls the fixed clock and calendar in American education a "fundamental design flaw" in desperate need of change. "Time should serve children instead of children serving time," the report says.
The two-year commission found that holding American students to "world-class standards," will require more time for classroom instruction. "We have been asking the impossible of our students—that they learn as much as their foreign peers while spending half as much as in core academic subjects," it states.
The Commission compared the relationships between time and learning in Japan,’ Germany, and the United States and found that American students receive less than half the basic academic instruction that Japanese and German students are provided. On average, American students can earn a high school diploma if they spend only 41 percent of their school time on academics, says the report.
American students spend an average of three hours a day on "core" academics such as English, math, science, and history, the commission found. Their report recommends offering a minimum of 5.5 hours of academics every school day.
The nine-member commission also recommends lengthening the school day beyond the traditional six hours.
"If schools want to continue offering important activities outside the academic core, as well as serving as a hub for family and community services, they should keep school doors open longer each day and each year," says John Hodge Jones, superintendent of schools in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and chairman of the commission.
The typical school year in American public schools is 180 days. Eleven states allow school years of 175 days or less, and only one state requires more than 180 day.
"For over a decade, education reform advocates have been working feverishly to improve our schools," says Milton Goldberg, executive director of the commission. "But... if reform is to truly take hold, the six-hour, 180-day school year should be relegated(归属于)to museums—an exhibit from our education past." [br] Compared with the academic courses more than a hundred years ago, the academic courses now_____.
选项
A、include some extra-curricular activities
B、focus more on education of social support
C、demand students’ more contribution of time
D、remain more or less what they used to be
答案
D
解析
首段主句中changed little与选项D为近义替换,因此选项D为本题答案。选项A中的extra-curricular activities和选项B中的social support都在第1段提到过,但是它们和该段提到的academic schedule是并列于整个教育系统之下的三个平行的成分,答案与A、B无关。选项C“要求学生花更多时间”不是academic courses对学生的要求,而是文中调查组的看法。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3547690.html
相关试题推荐
TheImpactoftheInternetonEducation1.网络对传统教育产生了很大的影响,越来越多的人趋向于网络学习2.产生这种现象
[originaltext]Mostschoolsoffermusicandartclassestogivestudentsaw
[originaltext]Hieverybody.I’mspeakingwithyoufromtheD.C.PublicLibr
[originaltext]Inpublicspeaking,thewatchwordispreparation.Mostofus
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
Thelocaleducationauthoritycompiledalistof"potentialsecurityproblem
随机试题
Manyaspecialist______lookingforwardtoattendingthatconferencenowandthe
BritishCookingBritishcookinghasundergoneachangeduringthepastdecade
[originaltext]Ibelievethatoneofthebestwaystoconnectwithpeopleand
某路面工程项目采用《公路工程标准施工招标文件》合同条款。当基层施工完后,测量时发
下面正确的一个是()A.语言是个人的,言语是社会的 B.言语是个人的,语言是社
有关ALL以下说法正确的是A.免疫学分型将T细胞ALL分为4个亚型B.免疫学分型
在《幼儿园教育指导纲要(试行)》中,第二部分是“教育内容与要求”,在该部分主要说
关于无领导小组讨论评分表的表述,正确的是( )。A.测评指标应当具有针对性
系膜增生性肾小球肾炎的描述是 A.系膜细胞增生B.肾小球系膜区有团块状IgG
医务人员违反献血法规定,将不符合国家规定标准的血液用于患者的可承担以下法律责任,
最新回复
(
0
)