While looking for things about longer school days, I came up with an initiative in Massachusetts. I haven't had a chance to really delve into it yet, but it's the first of several places I intend to check regarding longer school days. KIPP is another one of the places I'm going to check, and so is the Harlem Children's Zone. I'm keeping in mind that the latter two are charter schools and I'm going to look at their criticisms as well as what they've been doing. This is just one avenue of my research. I also had the chance to read a really good book this summer - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. He was recently on NPR which I didn't get to hear, but I placed the link here anyway so that I could go back to it later.
His story is one about himself and another man with the same name. To me, it shows how drastically things could be different if only a few things were done differently in your life. I could very well be on drugs or have lots of kids or stuck in a situation where I'm going nowhere in my life. Things happened that brought me to the place I'm in now. I'm healthy, happy, well-adjusted, about to finish my bachelor's degree, and looking forward to making a difference in my community. I'm one of many of my peers who feel that shirking your responsibility to the community that gave you so much is being irresponsible. I can't deny that my community, my schools- they have all helped to shape the person I am today.
These few things start the first leg of my research: the longer school day. Now it's time to find some related articles and get my literature review started!
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