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provides more learning time so that students can meet all the requirements for graduation and prepare for college and careers.
But that may be because blended schools offered
youngsters more learning time, more content, or perhaps both, rather than because of the different approach to teaching.
Addressing health and safety The concern over the dangers and, in particular, road safety is another barrier to
spending more learning time outside.
Whether this means
providing more learning time, coaching, arts instruction, or anything else is a determination that will be made by educators, parents, and public officials.
University of Michigan historian Maris Vinovskis and other scholars have suggested that less ambitious and less costly efforts such as
more learning time during the summer might yield gains as great as or greater than comprehensive school reform.
The New York Times, September 26, 2011 «To reach the ambitious goals policy makers have set for academic achievement, most students will
need more learning time.
And its success helped pave the way for the superintendent's more ambitious proposals for ensuring Meriden's students would
get more learning time: full - day kindergarten and expanded days at three neighborhood elementary schools.
The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), a nonprofit chartered in 2009, sits at the center of this movement to
capture more learning time during summertime.
Science should be more STEM - based in secondary school and would
include more learning time devoted to allow students to consolidate a deeper understanding and broaden their experiences with the science they learn.
Center for American Progress report: Getting Students
More Learning Time Online: Distance Education in Support of Expanded Learning Time in K - 12 Schools (May 2009)(870K)
Even interventions with broader political support — such as
adding more learning time to the school day — have bumped up against realities such as teacher contracts and bus schedules.
As recent CAP publications highlight, Massachusetts, New York, and at least a dozen other states have already pledged to use 21st CCLC funds to provide
more learning time for students in more schools.