After Pennsylvania, This US State is Declaring Diwali as School Holiday for its 2 Lakh Indian Residents - News18
After Pennsylvania, This US State is Declaring Diwali as School Holiday for its 2 Lakh Indian Residents - News18
New York Diwali Holiday: Congresswoman Graced Meng, a prominent American lawmaker, has also introduced a bill in the US Congress last month to declare Diwali a federal holiday
For those as confused as I was, a lakh is equal to 100,000.
For a moment I forgot that "lakh" is a number that means
10000100000 and was thinking "who are the Lakh Indians"?It's 100,000 not 10,000
oh, sorry.
I genuinely feel like school in the US should be year-round but with a set amount of "time-off" teachers and parents can use. That way time off is not so concentrated in the summer, holidays can be celebrated regardless of ethnicity/religion/culture, and the curriculum does not have to be so compressed. I am sure there are a lot of challenges this model will bring up, but it feels a bit more fair.
In the meanwhile though, good on NY for adding Diwali as school holiday! It seems like a lovely celebration that should be enjoyed class-free.
How on earth would that work with curriculum, planning, and actual teaching? I mean, fine for self guided computer school, but that's not the way kids actually learn.
I imagine they can treat absences the same as they currently are. Teachers are told in advance when a child/children will be absent and can plan accordingly. I remember being given notes and the work I was going to miss in advance and needing to catchup. If teachers see that a lot of kids will be absent, they can plan alternate activities. Or maybe for a week a month there will be week long camp at school, which will be easier for students to be absent since they won't miss class.
This is all theory I have not developed out. I would like to hear someone's thoughts on changes to how the US school system runs.