Pilot Program

The U.S’s public school system has decided to test a new idea they have created called the pilot program. This program will be adding an additional 300 hours of schooling to the public school year. They believe that this new idea will help struggling students do better in school, and give more time for the teachers to better help kids get a better understanding of their academics. Another anticipated benefit from this program is to ensure better performance in the classroom by the students. They have selected just a small number of five states to experiment this technique on. They consist of Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee. Just under some 20,000 students will be affected as this experiment is only being tested at 40 different schools.

I think that trying this idea may be worth a shot. I think this because they have had many other unsuccessful attempts to help the children and improve their overall school performance. I also think that they should try this just to see how the children would adjust to a longer school day. Having a longer school day can also prepare the students for future jobs that may require long hours of sitting which takes great patience which they can now build in the classroom. Another benefit of this idea is that the student’s grades may improve considering they will now have more time with their school teachers. Longer school days may also enforce better behavior because the children now have to see people they dislike for a greater amount of time than usual. With these many anticipated benefits the pilot program may be extremely successful on the youth of America.

~Victoria Torres