In the April 19^th Coalition for a College- and Career-Ready America’s Webinar, Leveraging the Time Beyond School to Accelerate Student Achievement , panelists Joe Davis (Chief Operating Officer for Florida Afterschool Network), Maria Ferguson (Vice President of Policy of Alliance for Excellent Education), Dr. Lucy Friedman (President of the After-School Corporation), Phillip Lovell (Vice President of Federal Advocacy, Alliance for Excellent Education) and Dr. Elena Silva (Senior Policy Analyst, Education…

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On Monday, December 12^th, the Alliance for Excellent Education held a Webinar, “Expanded Learning Opportunities: A More Comprehensive Approach to Preparing High School Students for College and a Career,” where panelists Milton Chen, Senior Fellow at Edutopia;  Maria Ferguson, Vice President of the Alliance for Excellent Education; Jeannie Oakes, Director of Educational Opportunity and Scholarship Programs at the Ford Foundation; Brad Stam, Vice President of ConnectEd:…

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In late October, the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education co-sponsored the 2011 National Convening on Expanded Time and Learning in Boston, MA. The event was attended by over 450 education leaders from 30 states who came together to discuss and share strategies for more effective use of time during the regular school day as well as expanding learning time…

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In past blog entries we have written about the importance of increased learning time in high school to help students get on track for graduation. However, it is also important to start these opportunities earlier than high school to ensure students do not fall off-track, and instead obtain the skills they need – especially in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) – to get ahead in high school when…

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On Friday, September 30^th, the Center on American Progress (CAP) and the National Center on Time and Learning (NCTL) co-hosted a panel discussion and rollout of a new NCTL report, Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools, by Claire Kaplan and Roy Chan. The panel discussion and report overview were preceded by a keynote presentation by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan who…

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Last week, we blogged about the most effective use of increased learning time.  Today we continue our discussion of increased learning time as a school improvement tool.

The National Center on Time and Learning (NCTL) recently presented a webinar to a community of practice on school turnaround entitled, Making Every Minute Count.[1] Describing increased time as a school turnaround strategy, NCTL stressed the importance of quality over quantity and…

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Increasing time for teaching and learning is becoming a popular school reform strategy. At the high school level, where achievement gaps are particularly wide, increased learning time may help struggling students get on track for graduation. Additional time may be used to help students recover credits, receive additional academic support, and pursue expanded learning opportunities, such as internships, career training, or community service, that encourage their interests and keep them…

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