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India in GA
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 8:50 AM

I schooled my kids at home this last year through an online public school. Typically, in the online school, lessons for an elementary school student take 4 hours to complete. That includes, on a daily basis, Math, Language Arts, Science or History (on alternating days), and P.E. We have no "homework"; all of the kids' assignments are completed during our regular school day.

My state requires that kids be in school for 180 days. Based on my experience this year, (and from years past when my kids were in the local public school), that could probably be cut by at least two weeks without taking time away from lessons.

My 8-year old nieces are in school for SEVEN HOURS every day. They get 30 minutes for lunch and 30 minutes for "recess". What are they doing for all that time? Too much of the focus of the traditional public school is just herding the kids from point A to point B, with TOO LITTLE FOCUS on LEARNING!

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