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There’s this endless drumbeat of “longer school year!!” — sometimes from well-meaning people, sometimes with a pernicious agenda — that blithely ignores the illogic of “it’s not working, so let’s do more of it.”

This recent piece from @mnreformer is typical:
https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/05/18/a-crazy-idea-worth-considering-more-school/

It’s true that school is a source of food and child care for those most in need. It’s also a source of intense harm.

Like, for example, school raises suicide rates.

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