The TIME (Time for Innovation Matters in Education) Collaborative is a partnership between the Ford Foundation and the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) to develop high-quality and sustainable expanded learning time schools in five states. Through the TIME Collaborative, the Ford Foundation and NCTL are investing in and supporting these states because of their shared commitment to closing academic achievement gaps and to prioritizing the use of newly flexible federal funds—afforded by the ESEA waiver process—to add at least 300 hours of more learning time for all students in participating schools.

States & Districts Participating in the TIME Collaborative

Altogether, over 19,500 students are on track to benefit from an expanded school calendar starting in the 2013-2014 school year. The 11 districts with schools planning to expand their day and/or year are:

• Colorado: Denver, Boulder Valley, Jefferson County, Adams 50

• Connecticut: East Hartford, Meriden, New London

• Massachusetts: Fall River, Lawrence

• New York: Rochester

• Tennessee: Achievement School District (Memphis) and Metro Nashville