Student Achievement Blog

Time and Learning

This blog was written by contributing writer Marva Hinton, who, as the mom of a toddler, knew learning can happen at any time and anywhere. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: learning time and instructional time.

Classroom Technology Google's After-School Coding Course Aims to Bring Diversity to Computer Science
Google announces partnerships with New York City, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and AmeriCorps VISTA to bring its after-school computer coding program to more than 100,000 4th through 8th graders across the country.
Kathryn Baron, February 24, 2015
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Student Achievement 4-H Club Expands College Prep Program to New York City's Hispanic Youth
The 4-H national youth organization is expanding an after-school dropout-prevention program for Hispanic high school students in New York City and two other cities with a $2 million grant from New York Life Foundation.
Kathryn Baron, February 20, 2015
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Student Achievement Calif. Students Scheduled to Run Errands Ask Judge to Require 'Real' Classes
Students at six California high schools ask a judge to issue a preliminary injunction and demand that state education officials intervene in scheduling problems at the schools that have resulted in the students losing weeks of instructional time and missing courses they need to graduate and apply for college.
Kathryn Baron, February 17, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Senators Boxer and Murkowski Move to Protect Federal After-School Grants
A bipartisan bill aims to strengthen the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program and protect funds for after-school programs.
Kathryn Baron, February 4, 2015
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Teaching U.S. Teaching Time Greatly Exaggerated Finds New Study
The amount of time that U.S. public school teachers spend teaching has been greatly overstated, according to a new study by Teachers College at Columbia University, and that has led to mistaken comparisons between the U.S. educational system and those of the world's highest-performing countries.
Kathryn Baron, February 2, 2015
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Student Achievement Boston School Board Gives Final OK to Lengthen Day at Elementary and Middle Schools
Two weeks after Boston teachers approved a plan to lengthen the school day by 40 minutes in elementary and middle schools, the city school board also gave its approval for the agreement that affects some 23,000 students at about 60 schools.
Corey Mitchell, January 29, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Shaking the Money Tree: Sources for After-School Funding
The growth in after-school programs, especially those focused on academics and enrichment activities in the arts, computer coding, and hands-on science, all have at least one challenge in common—funding.
Kathryn Baron, January 26, 2015
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Student Achievement Boston Teachers Approve Extending the School Day
Members of the Boston Teachers Union voted by about 4-to-1 favor of a plan to add 40 minutes a day to 60 of the district's elementary and middle schools in order to improve student achievement.
Kathryn Baron, January 15, 2015
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Student Achievement Boston Teachers to Vote on Lengthening the School Day
Teachers in Boston vote this week on a tentative agreement, reached after on-again, off-again negotiations, to add 40 minutes a day to elementary and middle schools.
Kathryn Baron, January 14, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Schools With Federal Grants Want Local Control to Meet Expanded Learning Goals
Expanded learning time means something different to every school and district, and a new study from the Center on Education Policy finds that, given the flexibility to implement ELT based on local needs, priorities, and resources, school officials are more inclined to develop innovative ways of improving student achievement and teaching instruction.
Kathryn Baron, January 13, 2015
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Teaching YMCA Pilot Program Found to Boost Skills Students Need to Learn
The YMCA is seeking to expand an after-school pilot program designed to help close the achievement gap for low-income children after early research found that students are showing significant gains in the social-emotional skills they need to do well in school.
Kathryn Baron, January 9, 2015
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Student Achievement Return on Investment in Expanded Learning More Than Double for Vermont
For every tax dollar the state invests in quality after-school and summer-learning programs, it gets back $2.18 in benefits, according to a report and financial analysis from the state's PreK-16 Council.
Kathryn Baron, January 8, 2015
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Student Achievement Billions Lost Making Up for Summer Learning Loss, Say Business Leaders
The United States wastes $21 billion dollars a year making up for summer learning loss, according to an analysis of scores of studies by ReadyNation, a nonprofit working to strengthen the workforce by pushing policymakers to fund expanded learning programs.
Kathryn Baron, December 30, 2014
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Student Well-Being & Movement After-School Program for Special-Needs Students to Open in Trenton, N.J.
Children with disabilities who are enrolled in Trenton, N.J., public schools will have their own after-school program beginning in early January, after the school board and a local advocacy group reached an agreement last week to collaborate on the program.
Kathryn Baron, December 23, 2014
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