Erin Irving writes at EdNews:
Much is expected of Japanese students, but still, apparently the idea of expecting children to sit all day with only five-minute breaks in between classes is archaic and ridiculous. Japanese schools have learned that children focus better when they are intermittently allowed to run off their energy throughout the day—their international test scores show that the schools are doing something right.
Elementary school students switch classes in the same manner that junior high and high school students do in the US . . .
