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Introducing the Time to Succeed Coalition

Submitted by Blair Brown on Thursday, May 10, 2012 – 09:07.

This is a guest post from NCTL’s Director of Communications & External Affairs and the National Director of the Time to Succeed Coalition, Blair Brown.

Over the past several months, I’ve had the exciting and unique opportunity to be at the center of building the Time to Succeed Coalition (TSC). Over the coming months, you can expect to see a lot of TSC as we continue to build the ELT movement…

The Grand Canyon State on a Mission

Submitted by Blair Brown on Thursday, May 3, 2012 – 12:54.

This is a guest post from NCTL’s Director of Communications & External Affairs, Blair Brown.

So often when you work in public policy, you hear about what can’t be done. It’s easy to get caught up in the barriers, how hard something will be, and who will be against it, rather than the opportunities of change, and what is in fact possible.

Op-ed: Shorter School Year Bad for Students

Submitted by Julia Falk on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – 14:10.

This op-ed by Thomas Rains Jr., Policy Director of A+ Education Partnership, was originally posted on al.com May 1, 2012.

While the rest of the world is moving toward a longer school year and pushing to compete in the global economy, Alabama is considering a bill that would do just the opposite.

The Flexible School Calendar Act (HB 360) would decrease student achievement and increase the achievement gap.

Senate Briefing on Expanded Learning Time as a School Improvement Strategy

Submitted by Kyle Linhares on Monday, April 30, 2012 – 10:33.

This is a guest post by Kyle Linhares, Policy Associate for NCTL.

Last Wednesday, Senators Bingaman, Sanders, and Kirk hosted a bipartisan policy briefing on the use of ELT to improve student outcomes. By helping schools increase the length of the school day or year and partner with community-based organizations to develop creative approaches to education services, expanded learning time represents…

Expanded Time Hits Suburban Washington

Submitted by David Farbman on Friday, April 27, 2012 – 14:14.

To my mind, there were three striking things about the recent announcement that middle school students in Prince George’s County, Maryland—a large school district in suburban Washington, DC—will be going to school for an additional 40 minutes per day starting next school year.

Expanding Time, Opening Minds

Submitted by Emily Raine on Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 15:37.

This is a guest post from NCTL’s Manager of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative, Emily Raine.

Over the past five weeks, 75 teachers and administrators from schools across Massachusetts have come together for four full days to talk, think, dream – even argue a bit – about expanding learning time.

Promising News from Oregon

Submitted by Michael Pernick on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – 10:07.

This is a guest post by Michael Pernick, Program Associate for NCTL.

Last week, the Governor of Oregon signed HB 4014 into law. HB 4014 dealt with many important education issues including laws pertaining to school boards, kindergarten, teacher evaluation, and assessments.

Massachusetts Action Alert: Contact Your State Representative Today to Increase ELT Line-Item

Submitted by George Mastoras on Monday, April 23, 2012 – 10:59.

In the budget recently released by the House Ways and Means Committee, the House proposed to level-fund the MA Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative at $13.9 million for fiscal year 2013. We know that the fiscal climate remains difficult and we are grateful for this show of support for the ELT Initiative and 19 expanded-time schools in nine communities across the state.

SIGcess at Orchard Gardens

Submitted by Roy Chan on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – 09:48.

This is a guest post from NCTL’s Manager of Effective Practices, Roy Chan.

Through the federal government’s School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, an increasing number of schools are adopting expanded time in their efforts to raise student achievement.

Education in America: Doing Less with Less

Submitted by Julia Falk on Friday, April 13, 2012 – 13:56.

This post, by Mathew Casey, orginally appeared in the Wicked Local earlier this week.

Year after year, studies continue to find that American students trail their international peers in academic achievement.

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