Longer school days and years remain rare as schools fight learning loss with optional time

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Chalkbeat

Mar 24, 12:00 AM

Longer school days and years remain rare as schools fight learning loss with optional time

Across the country, schools are adding learning time, but typically only for a fraction of students whose families opt for extra programming. Chalkbeat reviewed 45 large districts’ spending plans and found that while virtually all of them mentioned more after-school or summer school programming, very few planned to add minutes or days to the normal calendar.

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