It's the typical length of an American school year. sure some schools go longer (year round charters, for example), some shorter (4 day week, anyone?), but basicaly we are on a 180-day calendar that hasn't changed in a hundred years.
A lot can happen in 180 days. Like a documentary.
PBS bagan airing it in late March, and I caught it during Spring Break. It follows the teachers and students of Washington Metropolitan High School in DC, known as "DC Met" to them. By the end of the year, they had their first graduating class, although a few kids had come up short and did not graduate. The principal was 'non-renewed'. In other words, fired. The Chancellor (Rhee's successor, Kaya Henderson) and the district never gave a reason for the decision. Nor did they ever provide the school with necessary resources. It's another view into the chaos that results from 'data-driven' decision making in education.
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