If approved, the new state budget would also allocate $ 20 million for
extending learning time in districts interested in the program.
Some community school designs are hugely promising, as well
as extended learning time, and putting successful teachers into classrooms where they are prepared to deal with problems in that classroom.
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.
The budget includes $ 25 million in new funding and nearly $ 20 million in new programs, including $ 15 million for
extended learning time at 39 schools.
Extended learning time allows students to work together in groups to improve their skills and gives them the opportunity to explore extracurricular areas of interest.
Extended learning time advocates also cite the success of charter schools, many of which have longer school days, in helping low - income and minority students excel.
Some of the most promising models not
only extend learning time, but also change the learning place by creating opportunities on college campuses, in community service, and through internships with employers.
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.
A key attribute of successful
extended learning time schools is their recognition that extended learning offerings at the high school level need to engage and interest young people and accommodate their need to work and / or pursue interests outside of school.
R. Out of this appropriation, $ 613,312 the first year and $ 613,312 the second year from the general fund is provided for planning or start - up grants for
extended learning time models, grants for preschool, and grants for alternative instructional delivery or school governance models.
Extending learning time by reaching into the home through technology requires a re-imagining of not only the work kids are doing but also the means by which they do it.
School divisions may also apply for grants of no more than $ 25,000 each for the purpose of pursuing the creation of new year - round school programs or
other extended learning time models for divisions or individual schools in support of the findings from the 2012 JLARC review.
Further, de Blasio said, the budget will devote significant funds to the School Renewal Program — including a total of $ 12.7 million will be devoted
toward extended learning time, and $ 2.2 million for school - based health charters, according to a news release.
District officials said the increase can be attributed to
required extended learning time in schools, exhausted one - time funding sources and settling retroactive contracts with staff.
Prior to starting the College for Social Innovation, Eric Schwarz was on the founding team of City Year and the co-founder and CEO of Citizen Schools, a national after - school and
extended learning time enterprise with a $ 30 million annual budget.
Reading and Reading Interventions Writing and Writing Interventions Mathematics and Mathematics Interventions Cognitive Science and Advanced Reasoning Dropout Prevention School Climate, Culture, and Partnerships Student Behavior and
Motivation Extended Learning Time Performance Management
Successful schools
accompany extended learning time with other inter-related practices, including a focus on preparing students for life after high school, a high expectations / high level academic core, and extra support to keep students on track with college - preparatory requirements.
Georgia wants to replace SES with a new «flexible learning program» that would
provide extended learning time for students in low - performing schools.
Newark district leadership drilled down on course standards (the city schools were early adopters of the Common Core), implemented monthly training sessions for principals and an early warning system to prevent drop - outs, upgraded data and accountability procedures,
added extended learning time to the calendar, and integrated technology into classrooms.
But in many of those communities
where extended learning time is successful, the idea was never about overloading addled brains with more core subject instruction.
Yet year after year, school budgets have been slashed, programs
like extended learning time programs have disappeared, and the Administration's own «school improvement» funding is running out.
The findings are based largely on surveys of low - performing schools in Idaho, Maryland and Michigan on how SIG schools are addressing three major issues: staffing challenges that result from principal and teacher replacement requirements,
extended learning time requirements, and school climate issues.
Unfortunately, many of the most important features of the plan, such
as extended learning time in core subjects and a longer school day to include enrichment in art, music, and academic tutoring, were never funded at adequate levels by the state.
Develop the expertise to
support extended learning time as a standard part of state interventions in low - performing schools or reconstitution of failing schools.
The new spending would include $ 2.5 million to support
extended learning time in several struggling schools; $ 2.4 million for teacher training; $ 1.2 million for the first year of the new Latin school; and additional funds for career and technical training in the high schools; the Lead the Way science technology, engineer and math programs in the middle schools; new disciplinary programs; and expanded arts programs.
It will also require an iterative process of working through some of the challenges associated with
extending learning time at the high school level in terms of culture, capacity, and cost, and adapting policy accordingly.
Distinct from his school department (which, like more than 90 percent of Rhode Island's school districts, is governed by an elected school committee), OCYL's mission was to
extend learning time for as many Cumberland children and youth as possible while raising the community's expectations regarding educational outcomes.
Beekmantown Central School District will receive $ 3 million to maintain
their Extended Learning Time program for another year.
Nine school districts in New York state were named as grant recipients, with Utica receiving the second biggest portion of the $ 24 million earmarked for
the Extended Learning Time Initiative.