Longer day seen as path to improved student performance

States and school districts nationwide are moving to lengthen the day at struggling schools, spurred by grim test results suggesting that federal education standards will determine next year that more than 10,000 schools are failing. The movement has many critics: among administrators, who worry about the cost; among teachers, who say they work hard enough as it is; and among parents, who say their children already spend enough time in school.

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