Sentences with phrase «made lengthening the school day»

Emanuel has made lengthening the school day at Chicago Public Schools a cornerstone of his first months in office.

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To make lunch longer, something else has to be shorter — or the school day needs to be lengthened.

It was uncanny to hear him when he was talking about lengthening the school day or getting the best people into teaching or preK education, he was making the same arguments in almost the same language that we'd been making.

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).

In response, the Battle Creek Public Schools district has developed a plan to lengthen the school day by 50 minutes and delay start times from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. (Editorial, Longer school day makes sense (Nov. 22, 2011) BattleCreekEnquirer.com.)

The agreement essentially reverses a top - down approach to reform, giving individual schools local power over matters such as redesigning their governance, tailoring union contracts, lengthening the school day or making curricular decisions that lift student achievement.

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.