Where’s the payoff for longer school days?
First off, let’s get over the notion that American students are at a disadvantage because the school days are longer in China and India. The lofty goal of the Chinese education system is nine years of school for everyone. The current average is 6.4, which ranks 45th in the world, according to nationmaster.com. India’s 5.1 years ranks 65th. The world leader? The United States, at 12. Chinese and Indian children would have to be in school around the clock to make up for the fact that they spend half as many years in classrooms as American kids. Having dispensed with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s mythical reasoning for lengthening American kids’ time in school, let’s get down to discussing the research. Um, where is it? There’s research dating back two decades that shows achievement increases are startlingly low. There’s data that show lengthening the day dramatically increases costs. There’s a report that says quality of time is more important than quantity and recommends that p
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