Learning Time
Student Achievement
How One City Is Working to Make Learning Count Outside of School
A new study examines the challenges Boston-area community-based organizations face when it comes to providing students with academic credit for expanded learning opportunities.
Student Achievement
Washington School Makes Remarkable Turnaround, Credits Saturday Classes
An elementary school in Tacoma, Wash., began offering optional classes on Saturday this year and saw students make big gains in reading and math.
Student Achievement
New Report Reveals How to Keep School Attendance, Enthusiasm High in June
A new study shows that some schools in New York City experience a big drop in attendance between April and June, but there are ways to combat this problem through strategic scheduling of events such as field trips.
Student Achievement
Ohio Lawmaker Takes Steps to Keep Students Out of Court for Truancy
Ohio State Rep. Jeffery Rezabek wants schools in Ohio to take students to court for truancy only as a last resort.
Student Achievement
Report Finds Correlation Between Chronic Absenteeism, Difficulty Reading
This report by the Child & Family Policy Center found that students who were chronically absent during the early-elementary years were less likely to read on grade level at the end of 3rd grade than their peers.
Student Achievement
Is Extended-Learning Time the Right Solution for Failing Schools?
A new report from the National Center on Time & Learning profiles three historically low-performing elementary schools that adopted an extended-day schedule and saw impressive gains with low-income students.
Student Achievement
Some New York Lawmakers Push for More Spending on After-School Programs
A group of New York lawmakers is pushing a plan to spend $765 million dollars to increase access to after-school programs, community-learning schools, and all-day kindergarten.
Student Achievement
Texas School District Plans Four-Day Week Option to Help Struggling Students
A small, rural school district in West Texas has adopted a four-day school week option for next year in the hopes that struggling students will attend on the optional fifth day for tutoring.
Student Achievement
ExpandED Schools Uses Leap Day to Make Public Think About Extended Learning
ExpandED Schools, a nonprofit based in New York City, is using leap year to draw attention to the benefits of extended-learning time.
Student Well-Being
Report Finds Good After-School Programs Help Students Develop Social Skills
A new report explores how eight successful extended-learning programs in seven states worked to build an array of social and emotional skills in students.
Assessment
New Report Praises Pairing After-School Programs, Competency-Based Learning
A new report from the American Youth Policy Forum supports collaboration between after-school programs and competency-based learning as a means to better prepare students for college and careers.
Student Achievement
Meet Your New Time and Learning Blogger
Get to know Marva Hinton, the new contributing writer overseeing the Time and Learning blog.
Education
Carving Out Extra Time for English-Language Learners
A report from the National Center on Time and Learning explores how three U.S. schools are using expanded school days to provide extra support for English-language learners
Student Achievement
ESSA Maintains Funds for After-School, Summer Learning
Though cuts to after-school, summer, and extended learning time programs seemed likely at one point, the newly approved Every Student Succeeds Act actually includes a definition of expanded learning time for the first time.
