tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post2854721228128106423..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Hey, Larry Summers - Read TheseJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-66488203068775922712007-09-11T18:57:00.000-04:002007-09-11T18:57:00.000-04:00My inner sociologist makes me wonder who still bel...My inner sociologist makes me wonder who still believes the wonderful-new-looks, grand-diets, no-more-pimples promises or you-urgently-need-this-product orders on in magazines and if blogs and other self-made media will one day really get these commercial traditional media into trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-23728501887763845042007-09-08T00:23:00.000-04:002007-09-08T00:23:00.000-04:00Regarding the first question: http://www.carnegief...Regarding the first question: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/about/sub.asp?key=17&subkey=1874. My understanding is that the 5-day high school week was the result of the establishment of the Carnegie Unit in the early 1900s as a means of rationalizing standards of academic quality for purposes of determining a student's eligibility to proceed to college. The student hour for college instruction was later set at 1/5 CUs. One of the interesting questions for the sociology of ed is how these rather contingent historical decisions about academic standards became so widely institutionalized to the point that alternatives are difficult to even conceive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-83249058973793162282007-09-07T22:17:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:17:00.000-04:00In regards to the college vs. grade school questio...In regards to the college vs. grade school question, I suspect it's because up until age 18, school acts as a free babysitter while the parents are at work, which is why many places (ahem, NYC) are loathe to call snow days, because the parents will have to find something to do with the kids.maxlivinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406921986017961980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-27698057172141118262007-09-07T18:20:00.000-04:002007-09-07T18:20:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.maxlivinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406921986017961980noreply@blogger.com