The Oregon systematic review finding zero positive effects is damning, especially combined with the marginal savings data showing 0.4-2.5% instead of the promised 10%. The attention span point about diminishing returns in longer days is underrated, the last 90 minutes of an 8-hour school day for elementary kids is basically crowd control not instruction. I've worked in disricts considering this shift and the pattern is identical: administrators pitch it as solving budgets and retention when really its just deferring those problems to parents. The juvenile crime data from Colorado (27% jump in property crime) should be disqualifying but nobody wants to talk abuot surveillance and supervision gaps.
The Oregon systematic review finding zero positive effects is damning, especially combined with the marginal savings data showing 0.4-2.5% instead of the promised 10%. The attention span point about diminishing returns in longer days is underrated, the last 90 minutes of an 8-hour school day for elementary kids is basically crowd control not instruction. I've worked in disricts considering this shift and the pattern is identical: administrators pitch it as solving budgets and retention when really its just deferring those problems to parents. The juvenile crime data from Colorado (27% jump in property crime) should be disqualifying but nobody wants to talk abuot surveillance and supervision gaps.