Sentences with phrase «by lengthening the school day»

I know our superintendent would like to solve this problem by lengthening the school day and then having a longer lunch.

School places could be increased by lengthening the school day, opening longer over the year, having variety for teachers and creative «term» planning.

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The district has also lengthened its school day, albeit by only 30 minutes, but it is the first change in the union - contracted school day since the district was created in the mid-1970s.

There is no conceivable downside to lengthening learning time by wasting less of the school day.

This spreadsheet shows the change in class size and teacher salary that would be needed in each state to lengthen the school year by 30 days without changing overall expenditures on teacher salaries.

In response, the Battle Creek Public Schools district has developed a plan to lengthen the school day by 50 minutes and delay start times from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. (Editorial, Longer school day makes sense (Nov. 22, 2011) BattleCreekEnquirer.com.)

The school day was lengthened by an hour, classes were restructured, teachers were given a period every day to plan and collaborate, and counseling was provided to students, most of whom had experienced gun violence, homelessness or addiction.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Emanuel won a concession lengthening the school day by 90 minutes; union negotiators offset that increase by securing six half - days for teachers.

With its lengthened school day and school year, by the end of the 8th grade, Success Academy graduates receive the equivalent of two extra years of instruction.

Aimed at high - poverty, underperforming schools, the Center for American Progress defines expanded learning time as the lengthening of the school day, school week, or school year for all students in a given school by approximately 25 percent to 30 percent — the equivalent of roughly two hours per day, or between 300 and 360 hours per year.

Attempts by administrators and school board members to lengthen school days and give more autonomy to principals — both well - regarded strategies in raising student achievement — have been stymied by the teacher union.

They are taking bold steps to turn around low - performing schools by investing in teachers, rebuilding school staff, lengthening the school day and changing curriculums.

He then asked the union to reopen its contract and accept 2 % pay raises in exchange for lengthening the school day for students by 90 minutes.

The Liberian Ministry of Education planned to disrupt the status quo in Liberian classrooms by 1) lengthening the school day; 2) reducing class sizes; 3) holding teachers accountable for attendance; and 4) tackling the issue of teacher literacy.

The decision to lengthen the school day and year, to evaluate teacher effectiveness by examining student performance over time, and to reward teachers through referring to this performance, all first appeared in charter schools.