- Why five states will give their students 300 more hours at school, By Josh Lederman (AP), December 3, 2012, Christian Science Monitor: “Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in the initiative, which is intended to boost student achievement and make U.S. schools more competitive on a global level…”
- Program to offer longer school days expanding in Massachusetts, four other states, By Travis Andersen and Evan Allen, December 2, 2012, Boston Globe: “Federal and state officials will announce Monday that Massachusetts and four other states will begin implementing longer school days for some students next September, to provide extra academic traction and enrichment for thousands of children. Select schools in Colorado, Connecticut, New York, and Tennessee will join Massachusetts in adding extra school hours. The announcement comes six years after the Bay State launched a program to extend the day at schools in several districts; the new effort will add to that…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty