Guam Paper Calls For Longer School Day

An editorial in the Pacific (Guam) Daily News (10/24) laments low SAT scores in Guam as compared to the rest of the US, and states that "the local government needs to take steps to address these glaring shortfalls. And there's one relatively simple method that would help -- extend the school day. Guam students are in school for six hours a day, 180 days a year. That's a half hour less than most students in the US mainland, according to Education Sector, a national think tank." The paper notes that Guam Education Board is looking to increase the workday in the next teachers' contract, and argues that this should coincide with more student classroom time.