UConn Study Finds Charter Schools and Private Schools Have Longer Day
By GRACE E. MERRITT, gmerritt@courant.com
Tue Jun 28 2011 4:48 PM
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Charter schools and private schools have longer school days than traditional public schools, a new University of Connecticut study has found.
The study by UConn's Neag School of Education and the National Center on Time & Learning in Boston, also found that students in schools with longer days not only get more time in core subjects — particularly math, science and social studies — but also get more exposure in other subjects such as physical education and music.
The study concluded that more research is needed to determine whether longer school days or school years actually reap educational benefits and set a baseline for further research.
The study comes out in the midst of periodic calls by national leaders and researchers to increase school time to improve underperforming schools and to compete with top school systems in other countries. Most recently President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called for increased learning time to improve low-performing schools.
Charter schools and private schools have longer school days than traditional public schools, a new University of Connecticut study has found.
The study by UConn's Neag School of Education and the National Center on Time & Learning in Boston, also found that students in schools with longer days not only get more time in core subjects — particularly math, science and social studies — but also get more exposure in other subjects such as physical education and music.
The study concluded that more research is needed to determine whether longer school days or school years actually reap educational benefits and set a baseline for further research.
The study comes out in the midst of periodic calls by national leaders and researchers to increase school time to improve underperforming schools and to compete with top school systems in other countries. Most recently President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called for increased learning time to improve low-performing schools.
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