A day school, sometimes called an 'all-day school' or 'full-day schools', for children provides education for them while they are living at home. The provision of education for children in day schools contrasts with that provided by
boarding schools, in which the children live during term times, between which they return home. Day schools for children have lengthy histories in several countries. For example, in the 19th century Church (1870) discussed the advantages and disadvantages of day-schools in England and Beale (1873) discussed girls' day schools in
England. In the 20th century, Wilkinson (1905) discussed day-schools in the
United States and Raptis (2016) discussed the education of
Tsimshian children in the day schools which were run by
Methodists in the first half of the century. In the current century, Chiapparini
et al (2019) discussed the provision of all-day schools and social work in
Switzerland and Fischer and Klieme (2013) discussed the quality and effectiveness of German all-day schools. ==Day schools for adults==