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In the NewsAcross the Commonwealth and across the country, people are talking about Expanded Learning Time. Here’s the latest: POST SUMMIT: ARCHIVED articles
More Time for Learning: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
May 31, 2010 Massachusetts 2020 is pleased to announce the release of our new publication, More Time for Learning: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned, the 2010 Progress Report of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative.
Schools Need Longer School Day To Make Up Lost Ground
May 30, 2010 The Boston Globe highlighted the importance of increased learning time as a critical component of urban districts' reform efforts. The Globe stated that the benefits of extra school time seem clear and urban districts can’t succeed with an outdated school calendar. Click here to read the editorial.
Report Profiles Effective ELT School - Community Partnerships
February 17, 2010 The Center for American Progress recently released a new report (Expanded Time, Enriching Experiences) about school-community partnerships in Expanded Learning Time schools. The report profiles the innovative ways three community-based organizations collaborate with ELT schools in Massachusetts and the successes and challenges they face in doing so.
Governor Patrick Visits the Edwards Middle School in Charlestown to Celebrate its Transformation
January 13, 2010 Governor Deval Patrick, along with Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Superintendent Carol Johnson recently visited the Edwards Middle School in Charlestown to tout its highly successful school transformation that has been driven by its conversion to an expanded school day.
Tracking An Emerging Movement: A Report on Expanded Time Schools in America
December 7, 2009 Massachusetts 2020 and the National Center on Time & Learning is proud to announce the release of a groundbreaking report documenting the state of expanded-time schools in America. The report draws from our new national databse of schools that have broked from the conventional school calendar in order to improve educational outcomes. The database and report represent the most comprehensive attempt to define and describe this growing and much watched field.
Remembering Senator Kennedy, A Champion for Education
August 26, 2009 Senator Edward Kennedy was a tireless advocate for the underprivileged, dedicating his life to advancing causes that promoted equal opportunity for all.
TIME Magazine Features Expanded Learning Time Schools
July 17, 2009 Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Schools and Senator Kennedy's TIME Act were recently featured in TIME Magazine as an important factor in the national momentum to increase learning time in urban districts.
ELT Schools Inspire Kennedy Legislation
July 9, 2009
Massachusetts ELT Initiative Highlighted in US News & World Report
June 19, 2009 The success of the Massachusetts ELT Inititiative was highlighted in an article in US News & World Report written by Massachusetts 2020 Chairman Chris Gabrieli on the benefits of expanding the school day.
ELT Called Key Ingredient to Successful Schools
June 16, 2009 Boston Superintendent Carol Johnson and Rep. Marty Walz (D-Boston), Co-Chair of the Legislature's Committee on Education, called for more Expanded Learning Time Schools across the state in a recent panel discussion on NECN's State of Education series. |
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