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"decreases the amount of time spent outside of school, which does increase test scores" Do you have evidence of that or is it something you assume should be tr

"decreases the amount of time spent outside of school, which does increase test scores" Do you have evidence of that or is it something you assume should be true? Internationally, more school hours is weakly correlated with lower achievement, not strongly correlated with higher. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/13/more-school-hours-dont-guarantee-better-test-score/?page=all http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/13/more-school-... For example, Poland has 595 hours of instruction, far less than most countries, and has very high academic achievement. Finland, Norway, Australia all have below average hours and yet do better than average. Mexico mandates 1058 hours and has among the worst scores internationally. Based on actual empirical evidence I have seen over the years, the claim that more hours in school increases scores is false and unsupported by evidence.

w1ntermute 14y ago
No, I have no evidence. I'm just basing it on common sense. If you spend any time in American inner cities, you will quickly learn that it is not a place that you would wish any child to have to grow up in. The more time you can keep them away from that environment, the better, even if it is by mandating longer school hours. The subculture of urban America is fundamentally broken. It is not really comparable to other countries' subcultures, with the possible exception of Gypsies in Europe.
- king_jester 14y ago
  Well, if you spend time in some inner city schools and school systems, you can see that being at school vs. being at home isn't a solution to the overall problems in those communities wrt poverty, health care access, and a bevy of other things. Longer school days in such environments won't really do anything for those communities.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    And that's where you're wrong. In a well-managed school, there is a significant environmental difference between school and home.

w1ntermute 14y ago

No, I have no evidence. I'm just basing it on common sense. If you spend any time in American inner cities, you will quickly learn that it is not a place that you would wish any child to have to grow up in. The more time you can keep them away from that environment, the better, even if it is by mandating longer school hours. The subculture of urban America is fundamentally broken. It is not really comparable to other countries' subcultures, with the possible exception of Gypsies in Europe.

king_jester 14y ago
Well, if you spend time in some inner city schools and school systems, you can see that being at school vs. being at home isn't a solution to the overall problems in those communities wrt poverty, health care access, and a bevy of other things. Longer school days in such environments won't really do anything for those communities.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  And that's where you're wrong. In a well-managed school, there is a significant environmental difference between school and home.