Is the Seat Time Model a Bad Idea?

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Right now what we have is a full school day. Kids get done three or four o'clock, whatever, and then they've got another two hours of extra trickler sandtey come home completely wiped out. With ta model, a, with e mastery learning model, they could spend that rest of that time of the school day engaging in their extra trick, or getting some physical education, whatever it may be,. Then go home and actually have an afternoon after the parents get home. Is upposed to being con because the anxiety levels that are developed by the seat time model for the students are really one of the most damaging aspects f i mean, it's hard to believe how

Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and how they result in massively different educational outcomes, how “no child left behind” left children behind, federal vs. state educational systems, cheating scandals and what to do about them, the future of education in a world of free (or nearly free) online learning, comparing the U.S. educational system to other countries. Shermer and Edwards also discuss thought experiments, based on Edwards’ latest book, Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education.