Sentences with phrase «with extended school days»

The Miami - Dade County Public Schools superintendent created a School Improvement Zone three years ago that includes 39 schools with extended school days and years.

With extended school days, rigorous academic standards, and a firm disciplinary code, expectations are high, but so is the commitment to help every student succeed in school, in college, and beyond.

With an extended school day, week, and year, students have more time in the classroom to acquire the academic knowledge and skills that will prepare them for competitive high schools and colleges, as well as more opportunities to engage in diverse extracurricular experiences.

With its extended school day, there is more time for rich learning experiences, extracurricular activities, and field lessons.

PS7 (grades K - 8) and Sacramento Charter High School (grades 9 - 12) provide personalized attention to their students, committing more time with an extended school day to achieve academic results.

Students at Extera receive more instruction than students in traditional public schools, with an extended school day and three additional weeks of school each year.

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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.

Again on Thursday, Lewis called on CPS to sit down with union leaders to negotiate better terms for teachers if the school day and school year is extended.

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.

Replacing a 1950's bureaucracy with a 2020 performance organization, we formed the new New York education reform Commission headed by Dick Parsons, they have done extraordinary work; they have called for a full day Pre-K, extending school days and for performance pay.

Michael Gove decided to award all pupils with a permanent after - school detention, forever, by extending the school day.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Extended day and year, a relentless focus on academic achievement, value - added evaluations for teachers, data - driven decision - making, and others were scooped up by schools impelled to keep up with the Joneses» College Prep.

In an essay signed by U.S. senators Edward Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, they praised Citizen Schools for extending the school day «so students have more time to learn and interact with professionals who will help them connect their learning to a future profession.»

The NSBA selects districts with strong school board leadership and collaboration practices that support extended - day programs and profiles them in its upcoming publications, at the 2005 annual conference, and online.

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).

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.

Indeed, many schools that embrace technology to drive personalized learning have actually moved in the opposite direction: extending the school day to build in time for students to do more project - and team - based learning, meet one - on - one with teachers and advisors, and even just access on - site wireless Internet.

I think back to when I taught in Boston with the nonprofit Citizen Schools extended learning day program.

The push to extend both the 6.5 - hour day and the 180 - day year began with the charter school movement in the 1990s and has become increasingly popular in traditional public schools.

For the 19 Massachusetts schools with extended days, the state is spending an additional $ 1,300 per year per pupil.

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

In his community, Klein has established a unique structure of four extended teaching days in the classroom and one day a week learning externally in the bush with the community via a school - community education agreement.

-- Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character «Dale Russakoff, one of America's great journalists, illuminates one of the country's great problems — the failure of inner city schools — with on - the - ground reporting that extends from the governor's office and fancy philanthropies down (or up) to the small miracles performed every day by dedicated Newark classroom teachers.

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Later she taught at YES College Prep, a Houston charter school with a structured curriculum and extended school day.

Running a school with no extended learning day, and more than 700 students who ride buses from as far away as East Boston, principal Mary Driscoll understands what it means to have a partner like Steppingstone: It means more students gain access to extra academic instruction on - site.

The After School Club provides students with fun, engaging, and academically enriching activities to extend the learning that takes place during the school day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a commSchool Club provides students with fun, engaging, and academically enriching activities to extend the learning that takes place during the school day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a commschool day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a community.

Our community learning center (CLC) extends services to our Mitchell families beyond school hours, and our partnership with City Year enhances both school - day and after - school programming.

Our Community Learning Center (CLC) extends services to our Mitchell families beyond school hours and our partnership with City Year enhances both school - day and after - school programming.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

Houston Independent School District is one example of districts forging ahead with extending the day and year.

Often, private schools operate on an enriched schedule, with extended school years, briefer school vacations, and longer school days.

The academy operates on an extended school day and school year schedule and provides students with enriching extracurricular activities, on - site mental health and social services, childcare, and health and dental care.

With an ongoing debate surrounding issues of school time, the balance between afterschool and an extended school day, and the role of community - based organizations (CBOs) in providing a broader, more expansive school day, this study tour offered an excellent opportunity to acquire a first - hand understanding of a critical topic in ESEA reauthorization.

Budget recommendations so far offer few clues to the financial future of seven P - 12 programs that target support to Kentucky students with distinctive needs: Extended school services programs that provide additional instructional time outside the regular school day...

The Lansing School District, with support of the Bilingual Education Department, provides extended day programming for EL's in grades K - 12 during the fall and spring semesters.

Anderson, 41, appointed in May 2011, has closed schools, replaced nearly half of the city's principals, extended the school day for thousands of students and opened new secondary schools such as Bard Early College High School, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's dschool day for thousands of students and opened new secondary schools such as Bard Early College High School, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's dSchool, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's degree.

In two previous posts, I described the concepts underpinning Ontario School District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education NortSchool District's ambitious effort to extend language learning opportunities throughout the school day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Nortschool day and the instructional framework they developed in collaboration with Education Northwest.

One such bill is SB 1552 by Altamonte Springs Republican David Simmons which would encourage school turnaround efforts in which districts extend their school days by at least an hour, provide students with wraparound services, or give charter - like autonomy to their principals.

Most extend academic instruction through a longer school day, week, and year, with academic activities and assignments scheduled throughout the summer months.

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school daWith a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school dawith compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school school day.40

«We are extending the school day and providing schools with the flexibility to build effective teams by allowing teachers and school leaders to make hiring decisions together,» he said.

A Minneapolis principal (who hates charter schools) recently told me, «If you let me hire the best teachers I can find, get rid of my worst and extend the school day, my school could compete with any charter in the state.»

The Nevada Legislature allocated additional funding to provide all elementary Zoom Schools with the universal half - day preschool, full - day kindergarten and smaller kindergarten class sizes of 21 students maximum per teacher and free summer school programs that extend the school year by 17 days beyond the state - mandated 180 days of instruction.