THE EDUCATED REPORTER
COMMENTARY ON EDUCATION COVERAGE, WRITING AND A FEW OTHER THINGS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013
Measuring the Impact of More - and Better - Time For Learning
This week we're catching up with sessions from EWA's National Seminar, held at Stanford University. Today's guest blogger is Debbie Cafazzo of the (Tacoma, Wash.) News-Tribune. Stream any session from National Seminar in your browser, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
The schedule that was put in place more than 100 years ago to serve farms and factories doesn’t meet the needs of working families today, Davis told reporters who attended the session on expanded-learning time at EWA’s National Seminar last May.
Students in low-income families with less access to enrichment opportunities need