Less time spent going from class to class. Example, the teacher would teach 2 or 3 subjects without moving from room to room.

I think a year-round schedule with breaks at the end of each quarter for students and teachers with a longer break between school years would be ideal. There would be time for remediation immediately as well as enrichment. I think the big hold up is in the high schools with their sports schedules. However, they play and practice over the breaks we have now anyway.

Air Conditioning.

I would delay the start time for middle school and high school students. Research shows that their body clocks don't make them tired till around 10:30 p.m.and the chemical that starts to make them tired leaves their brains aroun 9 in the morning. Starting school before 9? I've read that schools in the Carolina's and Minnesota have changed their start times and seen incredible increases in test scores with less absences.

Not starting the day before 8am for any level and a year round schedule makes more sense for education today.

Reduce the number of electives and replace it with a class at the end of day that involves tutoring and homework help for struggling students. Students who don't need help could leave early and go home. Why do we assume every child needs an 8-9 hour day to learn the material?

I am not sure where in the Carolina's they are changing start times. I teach elementary and students begin arriving at 7:15 AM!

Getting back to real teaching instead of teaching to tests. Take away all the rediculous tests and excessive requirements and I could spend more time teaching truly meaningful lessons. By the time today's students get to 5th grade they are overwhelmed, frustrated, and sick to death of being tested!

One massive improvement would be eliminating state testing and replacing it with critical thinking project based learning. If we could take all the time we waste on test prep and switch up our tasks to active learning and thinking projects students would become much better members of society later!

give kids a diploma after 10th grade. If they choose to get a vocation or want to go to college, utilize those last 2 years to go to the vocational program or college prep classes. Seems to work for other countries. And honestly if you look at our drop out rates, a lot of them occur after 10th grade and the kids leave with nothing.

Reduce elementary class sizes so students get more differentiated instruction and attention and are better prepared for the future.

Actually holding students accountable for their work and behaviors. Following the code of conduct as it is written.

Replace the current system of one long break in the summer with a year-round program that has several 3-4 wee breaks instead.

Implement year round modified schedule school year with 3 months on 1 month off.

The best improvement would be to begin each day with a common planning period for all teachers. A slightly longer lunch period for teachers would allow us to run to the copier, etc. there just isn't enough time in the day for the 'business' of teaching.

The original school year was planned with summers off to accommodate farming families who needed their children to help with farm work. With so much less focus on this, we should go to the year long schedule, or, for us in the northern tier of states, plan a longer break in the winter. The money saved on heating oil could go to put solar panels on school roofs to provide AC in the summer, and we would have to worry less about "snow days" that have to be made up in June (and July). It would be safer as well.

Year-round school so students don't lose the ground they've gained.