Expanded school days expensive and opposed.(NEW ENGLAND)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: February 17, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Jay Lindsay

WORCESTER - His clothing was 19th century, but Robert Jellen was at the forefront of a modern-day educational experiment when he donned a straw hat, cravat and gold pocket watch for a recent day of teaching at Jacob Hiatt Magnet School.

Routine visits by Jellen and other employees of Old Sturbridge Village are possible in part because Hiatt has an eight-hour school day. It's one of just 18 schools statewide trying out a longer school day, so it affords Jellen's 1800s justice of the peace the time to lead animated 5th graders through a complicated ...

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