tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5851889863292360042..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Recess? What recess?Mike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-30336069414151005812009-01-29T22:40:00.000-06:002009-01-29T22:40:00.000-06:00Obama was wrong about schools never closing in Chi...Obama was wrong about schools never closing in Chicago. His boy Duncan just announced the closing of 20 schools in Chicago, just before he left town. Duncan did what the weather never does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-60565397924832804732009-01-29T14:34:00.000-06:002009-01-29T14:34:00.000-06:00Recent studies show that recess actually improves ...Recent studies show that recess actually improves student learning outcomes as well as student behavior. See this piece in USA Today:<BR/><BR/>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-28-recess-behavior_N.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-61937286177895877192009-01-29T14:27:00.000-06:002009-01-29T14:27:00.000-06:00No, Anon. Recess isn't banned in the union contrac...No, Anon. Recess isn't banned in the union contract and I don't know of any school where teachers voted to get rid of recess in favor of earlier dismissal. Maybe you could give us the name of a school or a news clip.Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-52145319236755915812009-01-29T13:51:00.000-06:002009-01-29T13:51:00.000-06:00Wasn't recess banned as part of a union contract t...Wasn't recess banned as part of a union contract to shorten the school day at those schools? Wasn't it teachers who voted to get rid of recess in favor of an earlier dismissal time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-68360338896159484422009-01-28T16:38:00.000-06:002009-01-28T16:38:00.000-06:00Charming. By the way, in NYC, they really never c...Charming. By the way, in NYC, they <I>really</I> never close. Many has been the day my kid stayed home while I trudged up the LIE with cars crashing to my right and left. I remember one day, having almost arrived, listening to then-Mayor Giuliani urging people to stay home if at all possible. It hadn't occurred to him to close the schools.<BR/><BR/>We also have a delayed opening procedure that's been used precisely once during a transit strike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com