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Garner, William T. – APSS Know How, 1977
This article reviews recent research by economists, psychologists, and others on the role of time and the value of time in learning and schooling. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Under Secretary. – 1995
The Title I program, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, has been redesigned in order to make improvements in the nation's poorest schools. This brochure describes a two-volume book that provides examples of schools and communities working together to provide children with more time to learn. The strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
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The Title I program, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, has been redesigned in order to make improvements in the nation's poorest schools. This handbook comprises the first of two volumes that provide examples of schools and communities working together to provide children with more time to learn. The book…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Policy Studies Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1995
The Title I program, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, has been redesigned in order to make improvements in the nation's poorest schools. This handbook comprises the second of two volumes that provide examples of schools and communities working together to provide children with more time to learn. The book…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Funkhouser, Janie E.; And Others – 1995
A central theme in the history of American education in the 20th century is the expansion of formal schooling for more children. This literature review surveys the research on the educational uses of time, with a focus on the quantity and quality of time that teachers and students spent in school and, to a lesser extent, students' out-of-school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day
