Sentences with phrase «hour school day»

That amounts to two hours every school day of uninterrupted focus on reading.

A growing body of research shows that the typical six - hour school day just doesn't cut it for many students.

At the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, Massachusetts, we'd have started in Pre-K with a paper instrument and a fake bow, but we'd be playing the real thing in a real orchestra by second grade, making music with classmates three and a half hours every school day.

«We can no longer tolerate a tenure law that places seniority above effectiveness, or tolerate limits on teaching time that restrict teachers to less than five hours of a seven - hour school day in districts where our students most need quality teachers and intensive instruction.»

Raise Your Hand's director Wendy Katten, who assembled the coalition of 16 parent and community groups to oppose Emanuel's initial 7 1/2 hour school day proposal, said that while the mayor shortened his proposal to 7 hours the group plans to keep pressing for more arts, music and foreign language programs...

The two principals Education World interviewed, David Levin of KIPP and Ann Wiener of Crossroads, work 11 or more hours each school day.

Michelle promised she would check and found that New Trier Township does not mandate a 7.5 hour school day for any of its schools.

Students experiencing various levels of abusive relationships resulting in assignment to an RTC, do not lend themselves to a traditional seven hour school day in a classroom.

This is just what I needed to get off on the right foot for our first time packing «lunches» — really it's just a snack for his 2 hour school day.

Parents in Beverly and Mount Greenwood who are against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 7.5 - hour school day, scheduled to be implemented at all schools in the fall, announced a community forum for 7 p.m. Thursday that is being organized and hosted by Ald.

• Conservative MPs have proposed various ideas for possible inclusion in the party's 2015 manifesto, including a right for ministers to appoint senior Whitehall officials, a 10 - hour school day, better energy saving and regionalised benefit levels.

After the regular six - to eight - hour school day, many children attend extra classes at private schools and devote long hours to homework in the evening.

In Finland, every hour of teaching is punctuated by a 15 - minute break (in contrast, my students have a single 25 minute break, for lunch, in a nearly 7 - hour school day).

Schools have a 7.5 - hour school day; a 191 - day school year; and a hybrid year - round calendar that shortens the summer to just five weeks.

The company also mandates an eight - hour school day, as well as a longer school year.

In Shanghai, for instance, many students endure 10 - to 12 - hour school days, in addition to attending private tutoring sessions and school on Saturdays.

Some students work in the classroom computer lab for a full 8 - hour school day, while others participate in a hybrid program that includes traditional classroom learning as well as lab time.

KIPP combines several methods - up to 9 1/2 - hour school days, required three - week summer school, regular Saturday sessions, close teacher cooperation, regular parental contacts, consistent methods of punishment and reward, and keen attention to test results - that each have proved to be effective in isolation.

Doug McCurry, director of the nonprofit organization, said Amistad Academy in New Haven assesses student progress every six weeks, operates a 9-1/2 - hour school day, recruits the best teachers and runs a «disciplined, achievement - oriented school culture.»

Its members include staunch supporters of union - free charter schools that offer eight - hour school days.

Nine - hour school days and an extended school year.

Middle schools operated by the respected Knowledge Is Power Program, for example, run a highly regimented program during their 9.5 - hour school days and longer school year.

We may get to know students well during a seven - hour school day, but as teachers, we can never hope to know as much about our students as parents know about their children.

But during a typical six - hour school day, how much ownership do students have of their learning?

In a 6 - hour school day, that means that teachers make more than 4 educational decisions per minute and that does not include other decisions related to discipline, «instructional design, grading feedback, and revision of planned instruction.»

I see learning extended beyond our 7 - hour school day.

I had one - on - one help offered to me five days a week beyond the limitations of a six hour school day.

Parent Michelle Bever challenged Todd's assertion that other school districts have a 7.5 hour school day.

Instruction and supervision of school aged children.Must have availability to work 2 - 8 hours each school day...