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Rethinking the time spent at school: Could flexibility improve engagement and performance for students and teachers?

Jim WatterstonYong Zhao
Published in: Prospects (2023)
Is it possible to reduce the time students spend in classrooms and schools? Would such a reduction be better for learning and retaining teachers? How should learning be more flexibly enacted in the post-pandemic era? This article discusses the possibilities of rethinking school participation and calls for schools to reconsider the necessity and costs/benefits of forcing students and teachers to be physically present in schools for the traditional 5 days a week.
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