The Academic Year Is Getting Longer, but Students Aren’t Getting More School

The Academic Year Is Getting Longer, but Students Aren’t Getting More School

By Chad Aldeman, The 74 This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. How long can one school year last? In Fairfax County, Virginia, this year, it will take 297 days between the start and end of the year to deliver 180 days of instruction. How is that possible? Well, weekends, obviously. And then two weeks of Winter Break, one week for…