Sentences with phrase «adding longer school days»

A group of veteran charter school proponents has filed with the State Education Department to take over East High and Waterfront, dropping union contracts and adding longer school days and longer school years.

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Since we no longer start the school day with a prayer or saying the pledge of alliance why should there be a Muslim holiday added to the school calendar??

So long as they are replaced somewhere else (adding days to the school calendar) it should be a non-issue.

It wouldn't take long before kids would be in school all summer long just to make up for the added missed days.

You may recall the teachers» contract does provide for a longer school day, allowing the district to add 25 - minutes for the new school year.

Not too long ago, adding a shirt to my shopping cart would have been the last thing I would have done, considering I haven't had use for one since my primary school days in Zimbabwe.

But homework can no longer be seen a much maligned «add on'to the school day.

Edwards Middle School in Boston added three hours to the school day and use the longer school day for both focused academic attention and a wide array of extracurriular enrichment activSchool in Boston added three hours to the school day and use the longer school day for both focused academic attention and a wide array of extracurriular enrichment activschool day and use the longer school day for both focused academic attention and a wide array of extracurriular enrichment activschool day for both focused academic attention and a wide array of extracurriular enrichment activities.

Again, this is something I never doubted — but I know there are many in this country that seem to believe as long as we «hold high expectations,» add hours to the school day, deliver rigorous lessons and insist that students rise to the challenge, they can overcome everything and go on to college and the career of their choice.

Massachusetts is renewing its push to lengthen the school day, from adding more charter schools to appealing for federal grant money that could bring longer days to more traditional public schools.

Emanuel, who promised a longer school day during his campaign, attempted to go around the union by asking teachers at individual schools to waive the contract and add 90 minutes to the day.

Tara Brancato: Actually, we have a long school day, and we were able to modify our student program without taking time from our students or adding to our pressure.

To that, add a combination of strategies: Between longer school days and years, Hiawatha and Adelante students spend 40 percent more time at school; strong leadership; and the expectation that teachers will be relentless in the use of quizzes and other tools to determine, in every class period, every day, where each student is in terms of mastering the material.

Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Colorado, and Tennessee are all taking part in a pilot project in which select schools — particularly those that serve low - income communities — add at least 300 hours to the school year, whether through a lengthened school day or a longer school year.

Yale School of F&E: She's welcome to stay for as long as she likes» my mother says when I ask her if I could bring a friend home to stay over for a few days «now we receive water supply everyday», she adds triumphantly.