Honors - Researching Expert Organizations

Browse the websites of the Expanded Learning Initiative (http://www.mass2020.org/node/3) and National Center on Time & Learning (http://www.timeandlearning.org/). 

Blog about your findings: 

-What are these organizations? 

-What are they trying to do? 

-Will they be successful--why/why not? 

-Are they likely to be successful in one state or region but not another? Why/why not?

CP - School Scheduling

"Hopkinton HS should:

a) keep its current schedule; 

b) adopt one of the alternative schedules from the article; or 

c) make some other change." 

Choose a, b, OR c, and write a blog post of at least two paragraphs in response. Be sure to consider how the school's schedule affects teachers, administrators (principals), students, and families.

CP - Censorship in Schools

Before vacation, we finished reading The Chocolate War, a novel that is repeatedly at the top of censorship lists in American schools. Please blog a response of at least one paragraph to the following question: Is it ever acceptable to censor books? In your answer, you should consider the content that is being censored and the grade level of the students who would be affected.