The National Center on Time & Learning is dedicated to expanding learning time in order to eliminate the achievement gap and provide a well-rounded education for all children.
NCTL conducts research and advances public policy at the federal, state and local levels and provides direct technical assistance to a growing number of states, districts and schools that add significantly more school time for academic and enrichment opportunities to help children meet the demands of the 21st century.
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The Wallace Foundation Awards $250,000 to NCTL
Leaders should know how achievement increases when students spend more time in quality learning activities. That is why the Wallace Foundation has awarded $250,000 to NCTL to further awareness of the value of adding more time to the school day and year. Click here to read the press release.
More Time for Learning: Promising Practices & Lessons Learned
NCTL is pleased to announce the release of our new publication, More Time for Learning: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned, the 2010 Progress Report of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative. The report, based on the lessons learned over the past four years, highlights how successful expanded-time schools are using additional time. We hope this report will serve as a guide to education leaders and policymakers on effective strategies to use time well.
Lost Opportunities: District Trends Reveal Unproductive Use of Student Time and Individual Attention
Education Resource Strategies and NCTL recently released a paper that documents how six urban school districts structure high school time compared to nine Leading Edge high schools.
Expanded Time, Enriching Experience
ELT schools are taking advantage of the additional time they have to plan and implement new instructional strategies to better align academics, enrichment, support services, and engagement strategies to their instructional focus. Click here to read the report.
Transforming Schools To Meet the Needs of Students
Expanding time in school has become a core strategy of the national education agenda. This issue brief was written with the Center for American Progress.
New Case Study
Click here to learn how an urban middle school changed its schedule to expand learning time.