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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 day school days do not help kids.

Most kids will not utilize the extra day for anything productive. They will not be using it to enrich themselves. They will do what a normal kid does, goof around. There is nothing wrong with that. That’s what I would do if I was a kid.  It’s normal.

4 day school days are happening because adults screwed up and there is no money.  No one wants to be teachers because the pay sucks. This is a way to entice more teachers. This does not help kids. Studies have shown kids with 4 days weeks do not do as well in math and reading. Period! [/quote]
Kids don’t need to always be productive. They need to rest and play[/quote]

Yes the privileged children will get to rest and play. Underprivileged younger children will end up in an overcrowded and chaotic child care center, or at home with a rotation of caregivers or no caregiver at all. Older children will get in trouble on social media, or will be tempted to drop out when their restaurant job dangles a promotion and more hours in front of them, or will commit crimes and get into legal trouble.

There are reasons the original progressive movement didn’t carve out “exceptions” to the then-radical concept of five day free public schooling and the end of child labor. It’s the more important goal to have an educated populace. [/quote]

The privileged children will be wall to wall in Day 5  private enrichment. [/quote]

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