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Week 18: Rethinking Education

May 21, 20251 min readUpdated Jul 6, 2026

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Where do you stand on a longer school year?

Students sound off in this video by National Center on Time &aamp; Learning on what longer school days with tutoring and enrichment programs meant to them.

Watch this video of

WLWT Cincinnati news report on parents’s reaction

to a 2009 U.S. Education initiative for a longer school year and school day.

What does a longer school day schedule mean for teachers and school budgets? Learn what

schools with

longer schedules are doing by reading the Center for American Progress’ report on “

Reimagining the School Day

.” How would you support longer school days for students in your local school system?

Share what a longer school day & year would look like in your area in our

50 Weeks of Action Facebook Group

Make This School Year Your Best Yet!

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Are you just joining us on the journey for peace and action? See what we have discussed in the previous weeks on the platforms of peace, justice, poverty, fair housing, better jobs and quality education. Click to review.

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