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Student Math Scores Rise With Longer Day

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 5)
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Nora Fleming -- A longer school day may help students' math performance, according to an evaluation of the expanded learning time schools in New York City, New Orleans, and Baltimore after one year of operation.

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Long Beach middle schools to start day an hour later

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 65, Clicks: 4)
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The Long Beach school board voted Monday to push start times at the district’s five middle schools from 8 to 9 a.m. -- a cost-cutting move officials believe will also boost student success. The change will save the district about $1 million in transportation costs, Steinhauser said. The savings will be realized by making the bus schedule more efficient by staggering pick-up and drop-off times.

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Australia: Early lunch gives kids an energy hit in class

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.smh.com.au (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)
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At St Therese Primary in Sydney's south-west, students eat lunch at the early time of 10.50am. And, even then, it is the second meal break of the day after a 9.50am snack break. The unconventional approach is just one of many across Sydney, as schools increasingly abandon the traditional midday break in favour of more creative meal scheduling.

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Will Longer School Year Help Or Hurt US Students?

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.npr.org (Views: 45, Clicks: 4)
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Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there's a catch: a much shorter summer vacation.

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Will longer school year help or hurt US students?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 34, Clicks: 4)
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Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year.

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Students in 5 states to see an increase in class time

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.foxnews.com (Views: 69, Clicks: 4)
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Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in the initiative, which is intended to boost student achievement and make U.S. schools more competitive on a global level.

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Oklahoma: TPS exploring districtwide changes to school calendar

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 136, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa Public Schools is launching district-wide teacher and principal surveys this week as part of a study into the continuous learning calendar concept.

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Tulsa Public Schools to study up on improving low reading scores

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 86, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard pledged Monday that exhaustive studies of the continuous learning school calendar concept and ways to increase student access to technology will be conducted before any changes are recommended.

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Erosion of reading scores has TPS mulling calendar changes

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 81, Clicks: 4)
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A gradual erosion of reading proficiency rates among students over the past four years has Tulsa Public Schools leaders considering shifts in the academic year calendar and ways to increase student access to technology.

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To Increase Learning Time, Some Schools Add Days to Academic Year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 96, Clicks: 5)
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Increasing time in school is one of the best ways to narrow the achievement gap between rich and poor students, education advocates say.

1 comments | Tags: school calendar academic calendar national center on time and learning charter schools professional development | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Illinois: Deal to Extend School Day in Chicago

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 82, Clicks: 4)
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Chicago’s public schools and the union representing teachers have reached an agreement that will give students a longer school day but will not force the teachers to work longer hours.

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Summer learning loss: What’s true and false

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 93, Clicks: 3)
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Alfie Kohn -- What does the research say? Is there any truth to the summer loss claim? Yes. But it’s more limited than is generally acknowledged and it doesn’t point to the solution that’s most commonly endorsed.

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Debate over year-round versus traditional schools

Sculb sumitted ago via http://abcnews.go.com (Views: 98, Clicks: 4)
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By the time summer's over, many families can't wait for school to start. Working parents have struggled to find camps or babysitting, kids are bored and teachers fret over "summer slide" — the academic losses that research shows hits kids from poor families hardest.

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School's out for summer -- but why?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.koco.com (Views: 100, Clicks: 4)
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The reasons why America's students enjoy around two months off every summer probably aren't based on some archaic, farm-based education schedule, as many people believe. They're more likely the result of what was happening in American cities.

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Critics decry latest shrinkage of L.A. Unified's school year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 102, Clicks: 4)
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Howard Blume -- All sides agree that the tentative agreement to trim 5 instructional days in 2012-13 is a bad outcome for students, but some defend it as a necessity.

1 comments | Tags: los angeles unified school district john deasy howard blume school calendar school funding | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Student Math Scores Rise With Longer Day

Long Beach middle schools to start day an hour later

Australia: Early lunch gives kids an energy hit in class

Will Longer School Year Help Or Hurt US Students?

Will longer school year help or hurt US students?

Students in 5 states to see an increase in class time

Oklahoma: TPS exploring districtwide changes to school calendar

Tulsa Public Schools to study up on improving low reading scores

Erosion of reading scores has TPS mulling calendar changes

To Increase Learning Time, Some Schools Add Days to Academic Year

Illinois: Deal to Extend School Day in Chicago

Summer learning loss: What’s true and false

Debate over year-round versus traditional schools

School's out for summer -- but why?

Critics decry latest shrinkage of L.A. Unified's school year

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