As the new school year gets underway, there’s a lot of talk about programs, technology, and staffing challenges. But one opportunity for school improvement seems to consistently get overlooked: time.

Should we be worried that our kids are getting less instruction than their global peers? Advocates and public officials sure are. They’ve long argued that American students need to spend more time in ...

As schools across the land seek to address the academic, social, and emotional challenges born of the pandemic, they’re spending heavily on the most elemental of resources: time. And yet the COVID-19 ...