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While the mission of public schools has expanded beyond education to include social support and extra-curricular activities, the
While the mission of public schools has expanded beyond education to include social support and extra-curricular activities, the
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2022-11-25
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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, director of schools in Murfreesboro, Term., 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 put in museums—an exhibit from our education past."
According to the last paragraph, Milton Goldberg would most probably agree that________.
选项
A、what the education reform advocates have done is very bad
B、the time of school day and school year should be extended
C、visiting museums can improve students’ academic learning ability
D、social support and extra-curricular activities should be cancelled
答案
B
解析
根据题干可直接定位到末段。该段均为Milton Goldberg的看法。其中第二句提到的the six-hour,180-day school year即为第九段所指的美国公立学校通常的时间安排,该句表示它应该被放到博物馆,成为教育史的展览品,即意味着应该改变这种时间安排,而如同上文提到的建议一样,Milton Goldberg认为将来教育时间应比现在更长,B项是对Milton Goldberg观点的正确把握。末段Milton Goldberg评价了教育改革的提倡者,说他们都热忱地致力于改善我们的学校教育 (working feverishly to improve…),A项中的very bad与文意不符。C项中提到的museums虽在该段第二句也有提到。但文中说到museums是要表达“公立学校的时间安排已经过时”,因此C项语义也不对。文中末段并未提及social support and extra-curricular activities,因此D项也可排除。
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