Sentences with phrase «expanded learning each day»

Educators, community leaders, elected leaders and parents across the country are standing up in support of the principles of expanded learning each day.

Mr. Longe was also an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow with Citizen Schools during which time he taught sixth grade students in an expanded learning day program in Boston, Massachusetts.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

«If we were to have that funding, we would be able to have longer school days, summer learning, hiring more teachers, expanding our technical and science education, as well as career and technological education, and arts education programming.»

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — The city is expanding its network of «community» schools, where high - needs students are given extra supports like mental and physical health services, as well as longer school days for expanded learning time and social services for their families, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

Another $ 25 million is directed to expanding high - quality, full - day preschool in low - income communities, and $ 20 million goes to support extended learning time.

TIMES ARGUS - As online dating quickly expands into a modern - day scene that attracts millions of singles, a new cottage industry has sprung up to help those learning the ropes.

More and more mandates fill the school day, but U.S. principals still find time for students to engage in service - learning projects that expand their studies and benefit their communities.

A memorandum of understanding also allowed us to launch expanded learning time at all of our neighborhood schools; students attend school for 100 minutes more per day, equaling over 40 additional days per year.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

A group of leaders recently gathered to challenge this model at the Askwith Education Forum, «Longer Days in Better Schools: The Expanded Learning Model.»

Houston is expanding dual - immersion schools, including a brand - new school where students will learn in Arabic for half the day.

On September 8th we celebrate International Literacy Day, as a result of an 1965 initiative of the United Nations Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) organization, designed to highlight how crucial literacy was to people and their communities, and to focus attention on expanding the opportunities for all people to learn to read.

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The United States is engaged in an ongoing, public discussion about how to best expand afterschool time and opportunities for children and youth, to support their learning and development across the day, throughout the year, and from kindergarten through high school.

In its first year as an extended - learning - time school last year, the day at Kuss was expanded by almost two hours.

Fletcher Maynard is part of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative, the first statewide effort to lengthen the school day or school year.

Edutopia.org's Project - Based Learning professional development guide can be used for a two - to three - hour session, or expanded for a one - to two - day workshop, and is divided into two parts.

To be considered for Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative for struggling schools, applicants had to agree to extend the school year by 25 percent, which they could do by extending the school day.

Redesigning and significantly expanding the school day can give students nearly two additional years of learning time.

Together, PASA, the Providence Public School District, partner schools, and the community of program partners have developed shared goals, a collaborative practice of community educators within the school day, and joint accountability through a PASA / District shared learning model that includes teacher and community educators co-teaching, a data - sharing agreement, and the creation of an expanded learning model that offers high school credits for high quality out - of - school experiences.

Adding significantly more time by expanding the school day, school week, or school year to increase learning time for all students;

Expanded learning opportunities, such as «inter-sessions,» longer school days, after - school programs, and longer school years, should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low - income families are even less likely to complete high school, says a report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington - based...

The symposium focuses on the innovation that occurs every day in expanded learning sites across California.

In the days ahead, I'll write about two more challenges and opportunities with blended learning: incorporating new research from social pyschology and developing new tools to expand the range of the assessable.

This environment appears to have enriched their classroom learning by providing opportunities to «see» the progressive models of teaching they learn about in their coursework, provided opportunities — unconstrained by the hours of the school day nor by geographic location — to observe, reflect on, and analyze teaching practice, and expanded their virtual internship experience by providing multiple approaches to literacy instruction.

Expanded Learning opportunities should be hands - on, engaging, student - centered, results - driven, involve community partners, and complement learning activities in the regular school dayLearning opportunities should be hands - on, engaging, student - centered, results - driven, involve community partners, and complement learning activities in the regular school daylearning activities in the regular school day / year.

The report outlines that students who fully participate ASES or 21st CCLC after school program gain the equivalent of up to an extra 90 days of school, regular attendance in expanded learning programs increases student achievement, attendance and positive behaviors, and narrows the achievement gap, and expanded learning programs in California increase health and nutrition and offer innovative learning opportunities all year round.

But most notably, Mr. Benigni has brought expanded learning time to three of the district's elementary schools, positioning Meriden — a majority - minority district — at the forefront of a national movement to increase student achievement and well - being through longer, more enriching school days.

Thoughtful partnering between the school day and expanded learning providers is critical to providing students with enriching learning opportunities and making the most of the time and money we invest.

BART has also been recognized and featured by The National Center on Time & Learning in Advancing Arts Education Through an Expanded School Day.

Expanded Learning programs unlock students» passion to a range of possibilities that they may not have had exposure to through the traditional school day.

They have greatly expanded the program to include after - school sessions for 40 - 50 students three days a week, new student onboarding programs, a summer school program that mixes virtual and online learning, and virtual courses for students to acquire first - time credit.

(Ore.) Advocates nationally for full - day kindergarten are cheering a new, $ 7.3 billion state budget in Oregon that includes money for the expanded early learning program.

Citizen Schools programs lengthen the learning day for students in low - income communities, expanding academic interest, exploring new topics and skills, and developing a foundation for their future through hands - on learning.

Malverne High School has a culture that encourages students to engage in rigorous coursework while maintaining a «success for all students» philosophy that is built around expanding learning opportunities well outside the traditional school day.

Expanded learning time turns dissatisfaction with the limitations of the current six - hour, 180 - day school year into a proactive strategy that will create a new school structure for children.

This program area addresses research, policies, and programs associated with expanded learning — an expanded day whereby additional time is used for a range of purposes, and the schedule is fundamentally restructured to incorporate enrichment activities that take advantage of school - community partnerships to promote a well rounded education.

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.

- or the transformation model, which requires among other things, replacing the principal; using test scores to evaluate teacher and administrator performance; and expanding the school day, school week or school year to increase learning time.

By becoming an active participant with the school community, parents can reinforce expanded learning experiences for their children outside of the school day.

Flexibility, however, enables states to use these funds to expand the school day or year to provide more time for student learning — a powerful intervention when students use the additional time for high - quality activities.

David Farbman, Dennie Palmer Wolf, and Diane Sherlock, Advancing Arts Education through an Expanded School Day: Lessons from Five Schools, National Center on Time & Learning, 2013.

Expanded learning time, as the department defines it, would extend the school day, week, or year for all students, therefore capturing all students in a school, including those who might not enroll in before - or afterschool programs.

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.

With few long - term studies offering conclusive results, however, the bottom line for districts considering a four - day schedule is to proceed with caution, says Jennifer Davis, Co-Founder and President of the National Center on Time and Learning (NCTL), an organization dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded edLearning (NCTL), an organization dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded edlearning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

ExpandED Schools works to build education enrichment into an expanded school day because extra time spent in engaging learning activities leads to better outcomes in school andExpandED Schools works to build education enrichment into an expanded school day because extra time spent in engaging learning activities leads to better outcomes in school andexpanded school day because extra time spent in engaging learning activities leads to better outcomes in school and beyond.

The 2012 report defines expanded - time schools as public schools that expand learning time for all enrolled students; operate with a school day of at least seven hours; and have a substantially longer day or year when compared with surrounding public schools.