Panel Favors Extended View of Learning
The nation needs to rethink its assumptions and policies on when, where, and how children learn, contends a report issued last week by a national panel.
The Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force, financed by the Flint, Mich.-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, highlights innovative programs and community efforts that incorporate after-school programs, extended days, mentoring, and student internships into the way educators conceive of time, learning, and the school day and year. It calls for creating a learning system that goes far beyond schools to help meet educational goals and prepare young people for the workforce.
“We need to tear down the barriers we’ve imposed on ourselves,” Vincent L. Ferrandino, the chairman of the 19-member task force and the executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, said at a Jan. 17 press conference here. “School reform efforts are having an impact on some kids, but...
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