Bold CPS proposal: Two more hours of school a day
An eight-hour school day for kids? It could be headed to your local Chicago public elementary school. In an attempt to extend an unusually short instructional day, Chicago public school officials are quietly working on a plan to bring an eight-hour school day to up to 100 struggling schools by using a combination of laptop computers, instructional software and non-teachers, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Principal Allen Michael Mosley of Bontemps School in Englewood loves the idea, which is still a work in progress.