A recent report from the Oakland-based nonprofit advocacy group Partnership for Children & Youth, “Getting a Head Start on the Common Core,” suggests that a number of districts are relying on summer programs to introduce and reinforce the new standards.
Gov Mike Pence called on lawmakers to reinsert a pilot program to to help low income children begin early learning programs into a bill that now would only study preschool.
One of Gov. Mike Pence’s top legislative priorities, a preschool pilot program, appears to have been stymied for 2014.
Los Angeles Unified’s board members approved a 180-day school year for 2014-15, postponing for at least a year member Mónica García’s proposal to extend the school year to 200 days in the nation’s second-largest school district.
In 2011, Indiana’s then-Gov. Mitch Daniels made education a major focus of his legislative agenda, unveiling four major bills that tackled many education hot buttons — teachers, unions, charter schools, and vouchers. But, as advocates quickly pointed out, Daniels had overlooked another favored policy: early childhood education.
Blending the regular school day and the after-school program sets apart Elmhurst Community Prep, a middle school in East Oakland that has expanded the school day for all students to 5 p.m. with a variety of after-school offerings, such as classes in robotics, music, dance and building self-confidence
Indiana State Superintendent Glenda Ritz said schools might not have to make up all the days they’ve missed because of poor weather if they can present a workable plan to make the time up by adding to the school day or even by having students make up work online.
A state senator and a youth advocate argue that expanded learning programs can mitigate against housing instability, a growing problem in California.
Chicago Public Schools data shows many schools administer more tests than they are required to, cutting into instructional time.