Do you think Middle /High schools should start later, earlier or stay the same?
354676
Well, in my HS we start @ 7:45 sharp. I personally think that the younger kids should go first, I mean they have much much much more energy in the morning than us Hs kids do, I mean we could flip flop the times and see how that would work.
179757
In different parts of the country, schools start at different times of the year.  Here in New York, school starts in early September or late August.  Other places sometimes start in Early August.
772661
As for me, I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade Reading.  Obviously my teaching varies each hour.  Mainly, the dynamics of the class.  In the morning I do a lot of group work, to wake up the kids.  In the afternoon those same assignments will be done individually, to calm them down.  My afternoon classes are a lot more energetic than the morning ones.  I have tried to keep the same assignments across the board, but the noise level is beyond bearable in the afternoon and individual assignments in the mornings sometimes leads the kids to go off to dreamworld.   I hope this answers your question.
651655
People have different abilities. Teachers are responsible for recognising that. Ok so the students get a D, it isn't the end of the world... that was about my average in school, and granted at 21 im still studying but this is not a negative thing as I believe im just building a foundation and getting a thorough understanding of the world before i really enter it. I remember these words from my childhood "if at first you don't succeed try and try again" it doesn't matter how long it takes, you should tell students in this sitution that it is ok and they should take their time, after all the snail once the race not the hare.
83736
No!  I don't believe that education past secondary schools should be a right. The problem with our present system is everyone "should go to college" this means watering down our system to deal with the "lowest common denominator". Which, in turn, gives people a false sense of their education and knowledgebase. "I hav a colage dregre!"... well, you're still not very smart!
1001616
High school is fine. The work maybe hard and long but it's fine. Nothing big compared to what will be coming ahead after high school.
1141983
I think this is a very good idea.  You need to start with the administration of the High School and the targeted elementary schools, if you want to get anywhere.  You also might be able to bring something like this into a local Boys & Girls Club.
27114
I think it is most often the best to start school as late as possible.  Kids grow up fast enough as it is.  Give them as much time as possible to be a kid.  If it doesn't work out it is pretty easy to bump a kid up a grade.  It is difficult to hold a child back for any reason.
747851
The whole school teaching system should be renewed, from the basic to the high school.\n\nThere are irrelevant things that should not be taught, and there are things that misses from there.\n\nThe world has changed, and so should the school systems.  Because it hasn`t changed, the whole school feels booring and unnecassary waste of time.\n\nAlso I think that the high school mathematic skills should not be tried to teach all of us, because there are clearly 2 kinds of people: the ones that get`s it and the onès that won`t  (no matter how they are threatened with kicking outs) The same goes to subjects that need creativity skills.
366933
Depends on when the class starts.
730456
You should not have any problem enrolling your kids late in the year. I am a Third grade teacher, and I have had kids enroll with 4 weeks of school left. We just request transcripts on the students. They shouldn't have to repeat the grade unless their previous teacher expresses concern.
884543
When I was in fifth grade, I was ten back then, but I was in GT, I'm not sure what you call it there, but, it's Gifted and Talented, here.  It's like advanced classes, you could try that, although now, I'm in Pre-AP, I would like to get into AP cause I am bored with my classes.  And I wouldn't really suggest skipping either, I'm only about year younger than everyone in my grade and people still bug me about my age.  Not fun being a thirteen year old freshman in highschool while everyone else is fourteen and fifteen.  Though, at times I do feel as if I am more mature than them.
187102
I started when I entered middle school (age 11). My previous school was close enough that it was unnecessary, but in middle school it was much further away.\n\nI think it rather depends on the child. If they are prone to misbehaving, I would suggest waiting until an older, more mature age. Of course, if it is necessary (though it doesn't sound as if it is, in your case), then any age past their first year should be fine. Kids cope well (though I do think they need to get adjusted to the environment first).
710721
Middle school doesn't count.  High school is much harder.\n\nCoach
285264
It's true for me, technically. I don't use most of what I learned in high school in my job. But I do think it's a good idea to learn as much as you can in high school. It makes you a more well-rounded and interesting person later if you know something about history, literature, language, numbers, etc.
358018
no i dont think its bad for you to miss school in a situtation like that .. they need to do something so the better students that wont to learn dont punish for the other ones
532650
From what I have seen, American High schools pale in comparison to schools in other developed countries.  What we seem to be about a school behind.  Our college is their high school, out high school is their middle school.\n\nWhen I went to Europe on an exchange, the students in 10th grade were learning calculus and they had to take like 4 languages.  At home I was taking geometry and one measly Spanish class.\n\nAnd Asia is a WHOLE different story.  Their 5 year olds are smarter than American high schoolers.\n\nI think its a bit of a shame, but our government is so scared to single people out or leave people behind.  Everyone has to have an equal opportunity.  And I am all for equal opportunity, but if a student refuses to take advantage of his opportunity, then screw him.  Our laws keep "dumbing down" the curriculum and forcing homogeneous grouping (no smart kids classes and dumb kids classes) so the motivated kids get bored and aren't challenged, and the lazy kids don't do any better because they don't want to and they have no intent of trying any harder.  Schools can't kick out students who don't want to learn, and teachers get put in the middle of the whole mess.\n\nAnyway, I will stop ranting now...