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Not exact matches
Learning a foreign language has been compulsory since the
times of the Soviet Union, but the recent reform of school
education demands more from today's students, giving
extended opportunities to young Ukrainian women and men to perfect the knowledge of their chosen overseas dialect.
Speakers — who as a group represented a range of opinions on
extended learning time — included American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) cofounder David Levin, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson, Ford Foundation President Luis Ubinas, Massachusetts Secretary of
Education and HGSE Senior Lecturer Paul Reville, and New York University Professor Pedro Noguera.
But as those in the
education community know ~ it is not necessarily the idea of
extending learning time that is appealing it is the idea of expanding
learning opportunities.
97, cofounder and CEO of Citizen Schools, discusses the importance of
extended learning time and his vision for the service based
education organization.
We're working on a lot of those system parts already: early childhood
education, technology,
extended learning time, wraparound health and human services, career readiness, closing enrichment gaps, etc..
For K — 12
education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and
extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»
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Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more,
extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow
extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital
learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores
extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are —
extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve
learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to
Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites
Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are —
Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers»
Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
Ferryway is a K - 8 school in its fourth year of Expanded
Learning Time (ELT), a grant program overseen by the Massachusetts Department of
Education that
extends the school day by at least 300 hours.
When introducing their «
Education Reform» package on February 6, Governor Malloy, Lt. Governor Wyman and Commissioner Pryor made a special point to call for
extended learning time.
And when Commissioner Pryor met with the superintendents from the 30 lowest performing districts, he explained that if those school districts wanted the $ 39 million that was included in this year's «
education reform» bill, they would need to use the funds for a limited set of reforms, such as «
extended learning time.»
Recognizing the importance of out - of - school
time in
education, NASBE and The Wallace Foundation are
extending their partnership in the exploration of summer
learning.
(The Tulsa district's work on refining the principal supervisors» role is supported, in part, by the Wallace Foundation, which also supports the coverage of leadership, arts
education, and extended - and expanded - learning time in Educati
education, and
extended - and expanded -
learning time in
EducationEducation Week.)
The Buck Institute for
Education defines project - based
learning (PBL) as «a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an
extended period of
time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem or challenge.»
(3) wraparound services for young people, including early childhood
education, health and mental health services,
extended learning time, and social supports.
The Buck Institute for
Education describes Project Based
Learning as, «a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an
extended period of
time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.»
As we
learned during discussions of Flex
Time legal
education at Osgoode, however, many who support the idea of a Flex
Time cohort also want many of the benefits (e.g. a summer term, digital delivery of courses, etc)
extended to all students.