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Schools Should Hire Y to Teach Courses

Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 15:00 CDT

To contain the cost of public-school education and improve student performance, I suggest that local school departments form partnerships with local civic organizations (such as YMCAs and Boy's and Girl's Clubs) to provide instruction in the required courses of music, art and physical education. These courses would be offered by these organizations during vacation and on week-ends.

For a set fee per student, these organizations would provide instruction in these courses and also provide family memberships, which would allow parents to become more actively involved in their children's education. In addition, these children would be under adult supervision during these vacation periods, which would reduce the temptation for them to engage in deviant behavior.

These courses would be taught by a part-time faculty who are experts in their fields (possibly retired teachers), which would greatly reduce pension and medical-insurance costs. As a result of these actions, more time would be available each day in each school to teach the core subjects, which would improve student performance.

KENNETH BERWICK

Smithfield

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Source: Providence Journal

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