Today, 5 states are announcing adding over 300 hours of instructional time to their school calendars beginning in 2013-2014.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/02/students-in-5-states-to-see-increase-in-class-time/
Thoughts on this? Will those extra 300 hours make a SIGNIFICANT difference in the outcomes teachers and administrators will see? We can all agree there are not enough hours in the day to do it all...but what is the right answer?