Sentences with phrase «from extending the school day»

Spokane youngsters will get a one - year reprieve from an extended school day.

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As Houston - area schools continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey, some students still have not returned to their classrooms while still others face extended school days to make up missed time.

City Council members, proposing a bill that would have the Parks Department extend the public recreation season from its current closure date on Labor Day until the start of school on weekdays and the end of September on weekends, hashed out the issue at a budget hearing Monday.

On gun limits and school safety, the poll showed voters by a 90 percent to 9 percent margin support measures to extend the waiting period for the purchase of firearms up to 10 days, from the current period of up to three days, to allow for more extensive background checks.

The North District race was a hotly contested one filled with big campaign contributions and contrasting educational ideologies from the two candidates on everything from charter schools to extending the school day to the use of standardized tests.

An academy chain has dropped its plans to extend the school day by 45 minutes, following protests from parents and teachers.

ELO encapsulates a variety of programs, from after - school and extended - day offerings that can operate on or off campus, to out - of - school programs that involve students in hands - on classes, mentorships, and fieldwork during the school day.

-- Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character «Dale Russakoff, one of America's great journalists, illuminates one of the country's great problems — the failure of inner city schools — with on - the - ground reporting that extends from the governor's office and fancy philanthropies down (or up) to the small miracles performed every day by dedicated Newark classroom teachers.

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Thanks to a generous grant to start the fund from the Ruth M. Knight Foundation, the Fund has already purchased 17 digital keyboards for the extended - day program at School 9, and will be providing food and transportation for city students performing at the local RPO Holiday Chorale Concert.

Some of the estimated # 520 million raised from a levy on soft drinks will be spent on doubling the primary school PE and sport premium from # 160 million to # 320 million per year and on providing up to # 285 million a year to allow 25 per cent of secondary schools to extend their school day.

Schools that offer extended - year will provide an additional month of instruction, taking the academic school year from 180 to 200 days.

It will operate an extended school day - from 0830 to 1600, and focus on mathematics and the performing arts.

What's more, they are exempt from IPS administrative practices and many state regulations, giving them the freedom to hire staff, design their own curriculum and extend the school day and / or year to best serve the needs of students.

Running a school with no extended learning day, and more than 700 students who ride buses from as far away as East Boston, principal Mary Driscoll understands what it means to have a partner like Steppingstone: It means more students gain access to extra academic instruction on - site.

An academy chain established by the schools minister has been forced to drop controversial plans to extend the day for children as young as five after protests from parents and teachers.

The foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for learning through summer learning and an extended school day and year; enhancing out - of - school time opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts.

Hence, an expansion of the portability provisions for private schools would constitute a voucher program and divert investments from our public schools, thereby affecting resources such as those for classroom instruction and curriculum, intervention services and extended day learning opportunities.

The school day has been extended from 7.45 am to 5 pm.

For instance, we have an extended school day which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and that allows us to double the amount of math and triple the amount of literacy (taught during the school day).

Our students benefit from a rigorous and personalized academic program, within a longer school day and extended school year.

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school school day.40

Dr. Miller has had experience coaching many enrichment programs from summer gifted camps to extended learning experiences within the school day.

The programs are often offered steps from where the children live, but it can be tough for them to get there on time, or at all, if they are commuting from schools in Northwest Washington or if their own schools have an extended day or after - school programs, said Kenya McKeever, a community liaison.

To do so, we have an extended school day that runs from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm every day.

DCPNI provides afterschool programs that are open to those kids, but it can be hard for them to get there on time if they're coming from schools in Northwest DC or if their schools have extended day programs.

Make Up Days — Public Input October 3, 2017 — The DeKalb Schools administration is now soliciting input from principals, teachers and school councils on the option to make up an additional 1 or 2 days beyond Nov 7 and the extended October dDays — Public Input October 3, 2017 — The DeKalb Schools administration is now soliciting input from principals, teachers and school councils on the option to make up an additional 1 or 2 days beyond Nov 7 and the extended October ddays beyond Nov 7 and the extended October daysdays.

From September 2017, the Chancellor said the government will invest up to # 285 million a year in the extended day programme for a quarter of secondary schools, double the primary school PE premium to # 320 million a year, and give # 10 million to up to 1,600 schools to provide breakfast clubs.

Even though they're long removed from their schooling days, small business owners can benefit by these sales, which often extend beyond lined notebook paper and Number 2 pencils.

Each class spent five school days receiving arts - integrated instruction from their teachers, sketching and writing in the galleries for extended amounts of time, engaging in movement lessons, and getting VIP treatment from Hammer staff through presentations on museum careers and behind - the - scenes tours.

They've tried everything from yoga classes and extended school days, to smaller class sizes and increased teacher pay.

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The plan addresses how to meet each child's needs — outlining specific times with each parent and extended family, time with peers, holiday and vacation arrangements, their school schedules, how to handle days off from school and who will be providing the children's transportation back and forth.

Then during holiday or summer vacations from school, children can travel to the non-custodial parent's home or a grandparent's home for an extended visit time that can last days or weeks.