Listening to the Experts

What Massachusetts Teachers are Saying about Time and Learning and the Expanded Learning Time Initiative
Author: David Farbman, Ph.D., Senior Researcher

Over the last few years, Massachusetts has been the national leader in the effort to rethink what school can be if teachers and students had more time. Now with interest growing in other states and at the federal level, this report shows how favorably teachers view the Massachusetts ELT model and how this initiative should be used as an example for other policymakers, teachers unions, and legislators as they consider how to expand and redesign the school day and year.