Sentences with phrase «of extending the school day»

«In addition, we are also reviewing bus timetables with the aim of extending the school day for secondary school pupils.

This brief examines the high - quality afterschool program model and the goals of the extended school day movement, seeking to identify the role the afterschool program model can play in informing the implementation of a quality extended day initiative.

«As part of our extended school day we have introduced a morning study club, starting at 8 am, during which the children enjoy a free breakfast and the chance to use Mathletics.

Northwest Academy students may enroll in AAH classes as part of their extended school day at no additional tuition.

[58] Specifically, ELL students are better served at KIPP schools because of their extended school days, extra services (such as tutors), additional time spent with ELL students, and the CMO's focus on serving underserved students in poverty, many of whom are ELL students.

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The parental state, extending the smothering accomplished by Johan's possessive parents, does to him what the parental corporation does to people we know, or the public schools to children, or the machinery of welfare to modern - day paupers.

The picking season is extending hopefully to the end of September this year so we will probably make a visit after school one day.

We offer a range of courses and support for schools and extended services, including Dad Factor training to help you work in more father - inclusive ways, and training in how to deliver Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED), our well evaluated supported reading programme for primary schools and early years services.

Missing the first two days of school after winter break is okay for my future eighth grader — he will be at a family wedding, with uncles and grandparents, and extended family, and that event and those memories will be far more important in his hopefully long life than the algebra he won't be learning those days.

The next stop is an all - day language - focused pre-kindergarten for 200 4 - year - olds, who then graduate into a K - 12 charter school that has an extended day and an extended year and employs some of the intensive academic practices developed in the KIPP schools.

The Thanksgiving holidays remind us that many children rely on the food they receive during the school day, and long breaks often mean extended periods of hunger.

Sarah found her way to the Corvallis Waldorf School in 2003 where she has taught German to grades Pre-K through 8th grade, assisted in the Willow Wind Kindergarten, and served as the director of the Extended Day Program.

The district also infuriated scores of parents when it shuttered all 54 of its full - day school - based programs in June — the kind of extended preschool program the district said last year it wanted to beef up.

Gove is pressing on with his own agenda this week, with a raft of education announcements including promises to extend the school day to ten hours and enforcing community - service - style litter - picking to improve discipline.

Extending mayoral control of New York City schools is «in flux» two days before the scheduled end of the legislative session, Senate Education Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino said earlier on Tuesday.

Individuals and businesses will be able to receive a total of $ 20 million in tax credits for up to 75 percent of their donations made to public schools and not - for - profits that support public schools» educational programs, including Pre-Kindergarten and extended - day programs.

The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.

Labour is also addressing the causes of crime, he claimed, citing Sure Start, investment in schools, extended school days and inner - city rejuvenation.

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.

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

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 Utica City School District's Board of Education unanimously rejected $ 4.1 million in state funding to extend the school day in five city scSchool District's Board of Education unanimously rejected $ 4.1 million in state funding to extend the school day in five city scschool day in five city schools.

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.

That might include introducing new programs, extending the school day or letting principals assign teachers regardless of seniority.

Instead of shuttering failing schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $ 150 million plan Monday for boosting the struggling programs, extending the school day by an hour, adding summer learning opportunities and increasing professional development.

After Hackett was put on the list of persistently struggling schools, educators there extended the school day by 42 minutes to include a daily enrichment period for students to meet with teachers.

It's the last day of an extended weekend and therefore my hate for Mondays has faded a bit — furthermore the week ahead is my last regular school - week in high school.

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The school has reduced the administrative burden of managing cash as they can take payments for virtually everything, including extended day provision for their two year ‑ olds.

Educators should view an integrated learning day as a critical piece of a rich school year, thinking about how we can extend the day's connections and collaboration into the lessons that we craft throughout the year.

School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.&School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.&school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.&school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.»

[content block] Wise principals recognize that secretaries, custodians, food service workers, bus drivers, classroom and playground aides, and extended - day employees are all important members of a school's community relations team; and those principals include all family members in all communications.

Some school districts are making up snow days online instead of extending the school year in June.

Even after six years running the Chicago schools, Vallas still talks about time on task rather than methods or quality: more kindergarten, double periods of reading for struggling students, summer school, mandatory extended day.

The Houston - based schools have extended days, learning contracts signed by students and parents, school - issued cell phones for teachers, and classrooms bearing the names of colleges — the now - familiar features of what David Whitman dubbed «New Paternalism» schools in his 2008 book Sweating the Small Stuff (see «An Appeal to Authority,» features, Fall 2008).

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

To extend the reach of this combined learning and fitness activity, parents are invited to use the Read and Ride room at the end of the school day.

For Teachers Contract Talks, Extended School Days Is an Issue - NPR article and audio clip on ELT featuring Amrita Sahni, Director of Instruction at Edwards

New funding, also announced in the Budget, will enable 25 per cent of secondary schools to extend the school day and offer further extra curricular activities such as sport and art.

Students in «50 - 50» language - immersion schools, in which students spend half of their day learning in a nonnative language, perform as well as, or better than, students in monolingual schools on standardized tests, and these benefits extend to English - language learners as well as native English speakers (Gómez, Freeman, and Freeman, 2005; Palmer, 2009; Thomas and Collier, 2002).

Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers overwhelmingly approved a four - year contract last week that increases teacher salaries, extends the school day, and requires the development of a new pay plan.

As a result of planning, some school systems have instituted extended - day (more than half - day, less than full) programs instead of the full day.

In contrast to progressive charters in suburban areas, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress codes, rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.

In his book, Why School, Will Richardson argues that in an age of information abundance, where learning can extend well beyond the schooSchool, Will Richardson argues that in an age of information abundance, where learning can extend well beyond the schoolschool day:

Superintendent of Public Instruc0 tion Bob Etheridge last month an0 nounced a «20 - point plan for reshap ing education» that includes calls for extending the school year to 200 days and providing preschool pro0 grams for all economically disadantaged 4 - year - olds.

In my research I have identified 34 different examples of charter school innovation, including small size; untenured teachers; contracts with parents; real parent and teacher involvement in school governance; outcome -(rather than input --RRB- based accreditation; service learning fully integrated into the curricula; unusual grade configurations; split sessions and extended school days and years to accommodate working students; and computer - assisted instruction for at - risk and other frequently absent students.

To date, the first - term Democrat has held five public forums throughout Ohio on K - 12 education, drawing crowds of 200 to 300 willing to consider such options as an extended school day or school year, and nontraditional age groupings for classes.

Take for example, the call for extending the school day; the development of a more demanding curriculum that better prepares students for a global, information - driven economy; building K - 12 and higher education collaboration such as in a K - 16 model, and providing alternative educational opportunities for high school students who feel they must go to work.

«Save Our Summers» movements have for years decried the benefits of additional instructional days and proclaimed the benefits of summer vacation, and the movements have grown as states have considered extending the school year and individual school districts have moved up their start dates.

In contrast to charters in suburban areas, which tend toward a progressive pedagogy, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress codes, rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.