Parth Mehta's Article in Reference and Education

773 Extended School Day and what it could mean for students and parents
There is push in the UK for all schools to offer an extended school day by 2012. This follows evidence from the United States where extending the school day to 10 hours has provided dramatic results. Some underprivileged schools there have managed to increase the percentage of their students going on to college from 10% to 80%. It is hoped that an extended school day will have similarly dramatic results in the UK.
Posted on Mar-09-2010