Over the years, NCTL has written a number of reports from the field on the how expanded time opens up opportunities for educators to be much more effective in teaching sciencethe arts, and even creative problem solving (deeper learning).  Now, we’ve produced another in this series of case studies on the effective practices of expanded-time schools, but this one is different for a fundamental reason: it focuses less on what is being taught—though getting kids to proficiency is paramount—and more about who is being taught. And the “who” is English Language Learners, one of the fastest growing populations in American schools.

Author(s): 
David Farbman

Giving English Language Learners the Time They Need to Succeed profiles three expanded-time elementary schools, providing both the framework and compelling examples for understanding how the strategies and effective practices aimed at helping ELL students blend together to produce a high-quality education.

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the long-awaited reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.  The new law, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, makes broad changes to the nation's most important education law.  Among its many improvements over NCLB,   it marks a momentous step forward to support and replicate high-quality expanded learning time schools that better meet the needs of our children living in poverty.  Jennifer Davis, President and co-Founder of the National Center on Time & Learning said:

Author(s): 
David Farbman and Claire Kaplan

In March 2014, The National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) launched Strengthening Science in Expanded-Time Schools, an innovative project to expand and enhance STEM instruction aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in expanded-time schools.  With support from the Noyce Foundation, NCTL worked with five expanded-time schools, each paired with a science-focused community-based organization, to embed new, imaginative STEM programming in a redesigned and expanded school day.  Each of the schools, which received a modest planning grant and technical assistance co

It is no secret that, when it comes to education, Massachusetts is a place of firsts. The Commonwealth is home to the first public school in the country, the first system of public education (as designed by Horace Mann), and the state has also ranked first in students’ performance on NAEP (the so-called “nation’s report card”) in fourth and eighth grade reading and math for the last several years

We are proud to join with more than 40 other education organizations to form the Teach Strong campaign.  Teach Strong, which will have its kickoff event on November 10th, is focused on making modernizing and elevating the teaching profession the top education policy priority of our day.

On October 19, we gathered in Boston to celebrate Massachusetts educators who are breaking through traditional barriers that can stand in the way of creating great schools. 

What does it mean to “be innovative” – and what is the connection between innovative approaches to education and more time? For starters (and perhaps it goes without saying), innovation cannot actually be mandated...

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