"When do they go to school?"
Translation:他们什么时候去上学?
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A different opinion here...
上学 is already a verb by itself and it already means "go to school". Adding 去 is not really necessary. Compare the result by replacing 去上学/go to school with 去吃午饭/go to have lunch.
Yes, you can also say 去上学. FYI, 什么时候 can be replaced by 何时 if you want to sound formal (I'm a native speaker).
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It is also possible, but which order is more natural depends on the context.
BTW may I ask if this word order thing about time is confusing for learners? I have seen this question being answered and asked many times.
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There are rules, but they are not difficult. Just Duolingo is not delivering them well enough.
Basically the time can be put at 2 places, either at the very beginning of the sentence, or before the verb (and before other adverbial phrases, if any). It is certainly not more difficult than many other languages.
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It is a bit Cantonesish for me but I have seen Duo using 几点 quite a lot. So it should be acceptable.