Sentences with phrase «lengthen their school day for»

Currently, nine schools have voted to lengthen their school day for this academic...

He then asked the union to reopen its contract and accept 2 % pay raises in exchange for lengthening the school day for students by 90 minutes.

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Lewis, who has rejected the district's offer to serve on an advisory committee for instituting a lengthened school day next fall, when the district can do so without teacher approval, held her position Monday.

Conference notes that this growing phenomenon includes: (i) management - led working practices which have not been workload impact assessed; (ii) coercive practices such as insidious threats to career progression; (iii) the de facto lengthening of the school day through the expectation that teachers will deliver extra lessons outside of the normal timetable; (iv) the loss of lunch breaks for teachers and students alike; (v) the bullying of teachers into running «booster» and revision classes after school, at weekends and during holiday periods and (vi) the consequential compromising of the teacher's work / life balance.

Strong American Schoolswill not endorse specific presidential candidates, but will instead focuson three components the group believes form the building blocks ofbetter schooling: a call for stronger, more consistent curriculum standards; lengthening the school day and year; and improving teacherquality through merit pay and other measures.

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Students still attend high school classes four days per week on a bell schedule slightly lengthened to compensate for time spent at work.

There's clearly a slam - dunk case for eliminating — or at least dramatically shortening — summer vacation, which fits into a broader push to lengthen the school year beyond the 180 days that is typical in the U.S.

Massachusetts is renewing its push to lengthen the school day, from adding more charter schools to appealing for federal grant money that could bring longer days to more traditional public schools.

This program allows for public schools to develop innovative plans allowing them to suspend DOE and union rules to make changes within three categories: teacher evaluation rubrics, school day schedules (lengthen school days), and class size (smaller class sizes).

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.

But how can you create more time for reading without lengthening the school day?

@Desertdiva1: I think what you really mean is to get rid of tenure and collective bargaining so that districts can lengthen the school day and school year without paying staff additional salary for the additional work.

musiclady wrote: I think what you really mean is to get rid of tenure and collective bargaining so that districts can lengthen the school day and school year without paying staff additional salary for the additional work.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Emanuel won a concession lengthening the school day by 90 minutes; union negotiators offset that increase by securing six half - days for teachers.

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.

The Liberian Ministry of Education planned to disrupt the status quo in Liberian classrooms by 1) lengthening the school day; 2) reducing class sizes; 3) holding teachers accountable for attendance; and 4) tackling the issue of teacher literacy.

For instance, many schools are partnering with volunteer organizations — such as AmeriCorps and Citizen Schools — to bring on extra staff at little to no cost to help lengthen the schoschools are partnering with volunteer organizations — such as AmeriCorps and Citizen Schools — to bring on extra staff at little to no cost to help lengthen the schoSchools — to bring on extra staff at little to no cost to help lengthen the school day.

Low - performing schools could be forced to pay for tutoring, allow students to transfer, change their curriculum — even lengthen the school day.

The bill would also make it harder for teacher unions to strike and give Chicago's new mayor - elect Rahm Emanuel the power to lengthen the school day.