Longer school days coming to Chicago, Emanuel says

Mayor-elect says changes in teacher pay will be negotiated
April 18, 2011

From The Chicago Sun-Times: Students in Chicago’s public schools will spend an extra hour or hour and a half in school each day once new legislation makes it out of Springfield, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel says. Emanuel says the issue of how much more teachers will get paid is open to negotiation — but not the question of whether the school day will be longer.
RELATED...from The Chicago News Cooperative: Chicago would be the first major city in recent years to add substantial time to its school day, which now clocks in at 5 hours 45 minutes for elementary schools and 6 hours for high schools. Chicago students spend 270 hours less in the classroom every year than students in New York City schools, or about 41 fewer days.

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