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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t believe longer school days means more gets done. I’d probably start by examining that assumption. Time can be wasted in a longer day, and we don’t know if/where time might be wasted at various schools. [/quote]

Uh, okay? What do you think is the magic length of a school day that causes time to not be wasted? This is a weird take. Time can be “wasted” during a long day, short day, extended school year, or abbreviated school year. Given that we have zero data about this, comparing the actual number of hours in school is really the only thing that makes sense.

FWIW, our independent school has 172 8-hour days, so 1376 hours. The local public middle school has 180 6.75 hour days, so 1215 hours.  Deduct 30m for an extra recess every day and the private school still has an extra 75h of instructional time. So OP’s question is easily answered: more school time. You could argue about the effect of a smaller class sizes, narrower ability band, etc, but it’s not even necessary to do so. [/quote]

That’s not a good comparison. You’ve cherry picked so it’s not an honest comparison. I’m not arguing the fact, but you simply did not back that up with anything of value. [/quote]

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