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Expanded Learning Time
The Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative was launched
in 2004, led by Massachusetts 2020 with support from the Nellie
Mae Education Foundation. The initiative seeks to reform one of
the most intractable features of American schools - the calendar
of 180 6-hour days, which was developed to accommodate a
nineteenth century Agrarian economy. For more information, visit
http://www.mass2020.org/projects.elt.html
For a look at what the
expanded school day looks like at the
http://www.mass2020.org/eltmarketingmaterials/flash_video.html
The
The
The Center works with policy makers, schools, parents and
teachers across the country to promote a school day that
responds to the needs of today’s youth. The Center, which also
provides technical assistance to providers, is is funded in part
by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. For more information,
visit
http://www.timeandlearning.org/
Amicus Curiae Brief in Hancock V Driscoll
In his discussion with
Viewpoints, Chris
Gabrieli mentions that the roots of the Expanded Learning Time
initiative in Massachusetts can be traced in part to the Amicus
Curiae brief that Massachusetts 2020, the Nellie Mae Education
Foundation, and other organizations and individuals filed in
2004 with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court with regard
to the landmark Hancock V
Driscoll education financing case.
To read a summary description of the brief, visit
http://www.mass2020.org/amicus_brief_(summary_description_09.04)jdrev.12.3.04.doc |