Last month the department released its 21st CCLC guidance for states, providing examples of high -
quality expanded learning time and explaining how 21st CCLC funds could be used to support expanded learning time.
And in a recent report called «The Education Transformation Project» authored by Steven Adamowski and other Connecticut superintendents, they wrote, «High
quality expanded learning time in schools is a core strategy as policymakers and educators recognize that the standard school calendar does not fit many students» needs.
Not exact matches
Another $ 25 million is directed to
expanding high -
quality, full - day preschool in low - income communities, and $ 20 million goes to support extended
learning time.
[iv] Summarizing this work in Education Next, Dave Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen concluded that «
expanding instructional
time is as effective as other commonly discussed educational interventions intended to boost
learning» such as reducing class size and improving teacher
quality.
Flexibility, however, enables states to use these funds to
expand the school day or year to provide more
time for student
learning — a powerful intervention when students use the additional
time for high -
quality activities.
We are also focused on the effective use of
time (Expanded Learning Time) in alignment with implementing high quality and rigorous learning experiences beyond the classr
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learning experiences beyond the classroom.
At a
time when Linked
Learning is
expanding rapidly in California, we also found evidence that attention to pathway
quality plays a key role in these positive findings for students.
As the ELT Initiative Update illustrates, ELT Schools are proving that, when combined with
quality teaching and a commitment to student achievement,
expanded learning time can be a powerful lever for change.
This includes
expanding access to
quality early childhood education, full day kindergarten, increasing the amount of
time available for
learning, raising the bar for powerful instruction, and creating positive, safe, nurturing school environments that are conducive to
learning and that foster our students» creativity and motivation.
We're cutting administrative waste and inefficiencies in order to protect investments in programs that boost student
learning such as full school day, early childhood development and maintaining class size, while at the same
time expanding high
quality school options across the district to give parents more choices.
However, a major problem that the
expanded learning time field faces is the shortage of
quality after school programs in comparison to the demand.
Implementing each of the following early
learning strategies: — Offer full - day kindergarten — Establish or
expand a high -
quality preschool program — Provide educators, including preschool teachers, with
time for joint planning across grades 2.
At the same
time that many states and communities across the country are committing to
expanding high -
quality early
learning opportunities, alarming statistics suggest that early childhood
learning environments are a point of entry to the school - to - prison pipeline, particularly for African American children.