Education
Strategies for Student Success: Strengthening Learning in Out-of-School Time
In 2002, commissioned by Boston’s After-School for All Partnership, seven distinguished organizations and institutions researched seven strategies for expanding learning opportunities beyond the traditional school day and year. This document summarizes the key crosscutting issues that emerged from this collective body of work as well as summarizing each research topic with an emphasis on effective practices.
Time for a Change: The Promise of Extended-Time Schools for Promoting Student Achievement
This research report by Massachusetts 2020 examines effective practices employed by some extended-time schools in order to show how they utilize the extra time and what benefits come from it. It acts as a reference guide for schools considering this model to increase student achievement. Issues and challenges of funding such programs are presented in addition to common responses for those involved, for example, students, parents and teachers. Fall 2005.
