Originally posted by Jidoe
Oh geez. I just re-read what I wrote and realized it makes no sense. What I meant to say is that around here there is a 6-day week in all schools (Friday being half a day and Saturday being the free day. Sunday is just a normal day because it's not a christian country...). From my experience, it's just too long and there isn't enough space and time for the kids and teachers.
That is a Lot of Skewl!

You know in all of this I just realized I don't even REALLY know how they go about comparing one nation's educational results with another's. I was going to ask, "so how are their test scores?"

What tests? What scores? LOL

I always hear how bad out results are in the US but I have never dug into it enough to know exactly how we know this.