Time for a New Day: Broadening Opportunities for Massachusetts Schoolchildren
This report, the Expanded Learning Time 2006 - 2007 Annual Report, documents the first year success of Massachusetts' pioneering effort to expand learning time by 300 hours in public schools. Included are the promising academic results and survey data from teachers and parents from the first year of implementation.
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Time for a Change: The Promise of Extended Time Schools for Promoting Student Achievement
This report analyzes the effective practices of eight public schools which feature at least fifteen percent more time than the conventional schedule. The study dissects how these schools – which we chose specifically because they had demonstrated success – managed to organize, staff, pay for and sustain a school built around more time and to understand how these educators believe the additional time strengthens their capacity to enable all students to achieve proficiency. The research was conducted with generous support from the L.G. Balfour Foundation, a Bank of America Company.
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For a copy of the executive summary of the report, click here
Appendix I: Extended-Time Schools Student Schedules, click here
Appendix II: Extended-Time Schools Teacher Schedules, click here
Boston's After School Literacy Coaching Initiative: Fostering the Next Generation of ReadersThe After School Literacy Coaching Initiative brings literacy experts to after-school programs across Boston for an intensive one year on-site professional development program. This report describes the initiative in full as well as reports on the findings of the first year of the evaluation.
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Opening Doors for Boston's Children: Lessons Learned in Expanding After-School Programs in School Sites
The School Sites Initiative significantly expand enrollment at 17 school-based after-school programs in Boston while maintaining quality, improving learning, and increasing access to sustainable sources of funding. The SSI, co-chaired by Massachusetts 2020 and The Boston Foundation, brought together eleven public and private funders committed to supporting this expansion. Overall, significant program growth was achieved, with programs adding almost 1,000 new slots to their programs, an average growth of 90% per site. The initiative also saw impressive cost/child savings at $1,000 reduction per student (30% savings).
Click here for a copy of the final report of the School Sites Initiative.
Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Hancock vs. Driscoll
Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along with leaders in the fields of education, civil rights and child advocacy, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing case. In the brief, we argue that to meet its constitutional obligation to provide all children with the level of education to which they are entitled, the state must ensure adequate learning time for all students, especially those at risk of failing, by expanding the time public school children spend in productive learning environments.
To download a copy of the brief filed on August 26, 2004, click here
To read a summary of the brief, click here
Transition to Success Pilot Project Evaluation
The Transition to Success Pilot Project (TSPP) was an initiative that aimed to strengthen the academic and social development of a group of Boston’s most academically at-risk school children by providing them with quality after-school programming and connecting their parents and families more deeply with their child’s school. The evaluation shows that students who participated in one of six after-school programs in the pilot were more likely to be promoted to the next grade, pass ELA and math classes, and were absent from school significantly fewer days than a comparison group of students who only received MCAS remediation tutoring.
For a pdf version of the evaluation report, click here
You can also download copies of:
The surveys that were used to assess students, staff and parents (Appendix A)
School data and results of the surveys from the Spring 2002 administration, organized by identified outcome (Appendix B)
A discussion of survey and study methodology, including cohort determination and data analysis methods (Appendix C)
The Forgotten Eighty Percent: The Case for Making the Most of Children’s Time Out of School This report argues that the growing number of challenges confronting modern children- from high-stakes tests in school, to a prevalence of drugs and alcohol in neighborhoods, to eating habits and lack of physical exercise that lead to obesity- is ultimately connected to how children spend their time. To emphasize the point, the paper presents findings from many studies on the impact of after-school and summer programs to demonstrate how time spent in safe, productive activities in non-school hours can have a profound impact. Further, the report contends that we must do more as a society to enable such programs to exist and thrive.
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Schools Alone Are Not Enough: How After-School and Summer Programs Help Raise Student Achievement
In this era of high standards, schools often struggle to teach students all they need to know to reach the levels of knowledge and skills expected of them. In this report, co-written by Massachusetts 2020 Foundation and Mass Insight Education, you can read how after-school and summer programs help students to broaden and deepend their learning in three distinct ways.
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No Time to Lose: Children and Their After-School Hours
In January 2002, Massachusetts 2020 Foundation released a statewide parent survey revealing that parents of 520,000 children want more after-school programs for their kids. No Time to Lose: Children and Their After-School Hours, conducted in support of the Keeping Kids on Track Statewide Campaign, reveals that an alarming number of children are basically on their own most days after-school.
To view results of the survey, please click here
