Some of the extra cash went on grandiose school buildings; more went on raising teachers’ salaries and giving them all a half-day a week away from the classroom.

除此以外，还有一部分资金用来建造宏伟的学校建筑；而更多的则是用于提高教师工资以及每周半天的带薪休假。

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It involves one or two years of half-day preschool, and up to four additional years of educational and family services in grade school.

它包括一或者两年的半日制学前学习，而且在孩子正式进入学校之后，仍旧有4年之久的教育和家庭服务。

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Delaying the start of the school day by just half an hour could improve the sleep patterns of teenagers, as well as reducing drowsiness during the day, lifting their mood and cutting depression.

只要延后上学开始的时间半个小时就可能改善青少年的睡眠模式，同时还降低白天的困倦、提升他们的情绪、减少忧郁。

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Imagine that your high-school junior spends half of every day at the brick-and-mortar school up the street.

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It's one way to keep the attention of ten-year-olds who are expected to stay focused for KIPP's nine-and-a-half-hour long school day.

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When Mariana Beer was accepted to read English at Bristol in 1921, her headmistress celebrated with a half-day holiday for the entire school.

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