Published On: July 31st, 2013|

The Hechinger Report – Sarah Carr

“Nationally, the number of schools adding hours or days has jumped 53 percent since 2009, according to a 2012 report…The schools have various reasons for adding time. Some cite global competitiveness—pointing to the long day and year at many Asian schools…But the most common reason school leaders mention is “summer learning loss”…” (more)