Sentences with phrase «extended learning time programs»

Beekmantown Central School District will receive $ 3 million to maintain their Extended Learning Time program for another year.

BEEKMANTOWN — Beekmantown Central School District will receive $ 3 million to maintain their Extended Learning Time program for another year.

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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.

Massachusetts also has made strides raising scores in low - income districts through programs such as extended learning time.

Students Xin Ron Zhou, Jin Hui Tan, Yu Chen, and Joshua Castro participate in a «math league» competition at Boston's Edwards Middle School, which is part of an experimental program in Massachusetts that is studying the effects of providing extended time for learning.

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.»

The 13 - week program, which focuses on the power of a group as a learning environment, and documentation as a way to shape, extend, and make visible how and what we learn, will be offered three times in 2015 beginning on February 23, June 1, and September 21.

The extended learning time must include school community partnerships, engaged learning, family engagement, prepared staff, intentional programming, student participation and access, and ongoing assessment and improvement.

To support the goal of offering high quality extended learning services linked to the school day, Alexandria City Public Schools received a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant that will provide out of school time programming for gradelearning services linked to the school day, Alexandria City Public Schools received a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant that will provide out of school time programming for gradeLearning Center Grant that will provide out of school time programming for grades K - 5.

BART was featured in an article published by the Wallace Foundation on our arts program and extended learning time, part of the Foundation and Mass 2020's efforts to expand learning time at the state and national levels.

A November 2016 study of Citizen Schools» Extended Learning Time model by Abt Associates found that «Citizen Schools participants are significantly more likely to report that the program helps their self - esteem and pro-social behaviors and that they are also more likely to participate in activities that help them learn about college and careers.»

Aside from their role serving as a «safe space» for students after school hours, today's Out - of - School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly diverse.

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.

Georgia wants to replace SES with a new «flexible learning program» that would provide extended learning time for students in low - performing schools.

Overview Afterschool / Out - of - School Time (OST) programs provide extended learning opportunities to help youth succeed academically and develop important social, personal, civic, and employability skills.

Only one federal program — the School Improvement Grant program — provides money specifically to establish extended learning time in schools.

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.

The program would be focused more on extended learning time, which has been a priority for the administration.

His appreciation for the presence of Inglewood students extends into student programs, as evidenced by a corps of Litton students who volunteer every semester to spend time with Inglewood fourth graders helping them learn how to read.

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.

Blended learning both extends the reach of your learning program, and optimizes development cost and time.

To ensure participation in extended learning time, programs should be geared toward meeting the needs of students and making sure that both parents and the community are aware of the programs.

Secondary Alignment 2014 - 2015 Middle and High School and 6th - 8th grade Aligned Programs: Out - of - School Time (OST), Community Learning Centers (CLC), Full Service Community Schools, Extended Learning and other approved after - school activity pPrograms: Out - of - School Time (OST), Community Learning Centers (CLC), Full Service Community Schools, Extended Learning and other approved after - school activity programsprograms.

Extended learning time is one of the key elements of the federal government's SIG program.

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.

Expanding learning - time programs that focus with all good intentions on remediation and tutoring, but that extend traditional school structures into afterschool time, may experience weak attendance and missed opportunities because these efforts are too often disconnected from the rich learning lives of today's youth.

And in a policy shift, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program could be used to help schools increase learning time, either by extending the school day or the schoLearning Centers program could be used to help schools increase learning time, either by extending the school day or the scholearning time, either by extending the school day or the school year.