Welcome to today’s chat about how schools can do a better job managing their use of time to maximize student learning. We have a large volume of questions, so let’s get the discussion started ...

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Many high schools succeeding at raising student achievement are increasing the amount of time students are in school. Many American high schools currently succeeding at raising student achievement are ...

Corrected: The name of Bela P. Shah, a senior program associate for after-school initiatives at the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and ...

My son’s high school has something called Independent Learning Time this year. Is this another fad? Will it help students? Yes, it’s another fad that is unlikely to help your child. Independent ...

Students' instructional time can vary by nearly 200 hours, according to new research provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Adding more high-quality learning time is key to catching many kids up from ...

Learning is simple, right? It’s the process of moving information from out there — from a textbook, a company report, a musical score — to in here, inside our heads, and making that knowledge our own.

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