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Emily Morton; Ayesha Hashim – EdResearch for Action, 2023
Three years after the onset of the pandemic, there is little evidence of academic recovery in the U.S. The latest data reveal a sobering reality: In spite of many school districts' efforts to accelerate learning, students remain far behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement. Even more troubling, many students did not accelerate their progress at…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Intervention, Student Improvement, At Risk Students
Mendes, Pedro Cabral; Leandro, Cristina Rebelo; Campos, Francisco; Fachada, Miguel; Santos, Ana Paula; Gomes, Ricardo – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This paper presents and assesses the effects of an Extended School Time project (ESTp), with a working day of 8 contact hours, that aimed to develop the students as a whole in its academic, artistic, sport, social and human dimensions. Based in active and integrated pedagogical practices, the project promoted the integration of knowledges,…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes
Max Nachbauer – Online Submission, 2024
The current study evaluates effects of teaching factors and extended day programs regarding both average achievement and socioeconomic achievement gaps. Analyses are based on data from the National Educational Panel Study in Germany. The sample comprises 1523 students in 120 classes in 71 secondary schools. The investigation period covers fifth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 5
Jacqueline Gaye Bye – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The goal of this qualitative flexible design research study was to discover if North Dakota should revise North Dakota PK-12 school calendar requirements for the academic and social-emotional development of students. Innovative reforms that might be beneficial in revising the North Dakota school calendar were researched. A literature review was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, School Schedules, Social Emotional Learning
Fischer, Olivia; Loparics, James – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2020
In Austria there is a specialised education (60 ECTS) for "leisure educators", who are professionals working in all-day schools in the field of extended education but who are not teachers. Despite the existence of leisure educators, also teachers are often tasked with supervising extended education settings like lunchtime,…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Foreign Countries, Reputation, Noninstructional Responsibility
LaKeisha S. McGee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study provides a historical analysis of the Chicago Public Schools major reform policies and initiatives and their implications for educational leaders and principals in urban areas during the mayoral term of Rahm Emanuel. This analysis includes detailed reform initiatives implemented under several mayors and CEOs leading up to Mayor Rahm…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Schuepbach, Marianne – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2018
In the last 20 years, interest in the field of extended education has been growing worldwide. Countries in the East and the West have been investing in developing systems to support student learning after traditional school hours. In this contribution, we first clarify concepts and terms currently used in Switzerland and then, from an…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Foreign Countries, After School Programs, Extracurricular Activities
Wu, Derek – Education Finance and Policy, 2020
Schools often have to decide between extending the length of the school year or the school day. This paper examines the effects of changes in the distribution of instructional time on eighth-grade student achievement through a methodological framework that disaggregates total yearly instructional time into separate inputs for days per year and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
Jardí, Andrea; Acquah, Emmanuel O.; Ianos, Maria Adelina; Puigdellívol, Ignasi – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
Expanded Learning Time (ELT) measures have been implemented internationally to reduce the likelihood of academic underachievement among students at risk. The goal of this article is to examine the components of an ELT initiative aimed at supporting students at risk of academic failure in order to optimize the components that can improve its use…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, At Risk Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Vidigal, Claudia Bueno Rocha; Vidigal, Vinicius Gonçalves – Education Economics, 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of extension of the school day in the context of Brazil's "Mais Educação" Extended School Day Program. Using school level longitudinal data, we find that the program reduces the dropout rates of students in all grade levels, raises the enrollment of students in grades 6-9, but reduces the enrollment of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Extended School Day, Dropout Rate
Yesil Dagli, Ümmühan – Educational Review, 2019
Determining the number of hours and days students should spend in school per year to improve student achievement has been a central policy issue, influencing, for example, authorities' attitudes toward disciplining pupil non-attendance and fining parents for the withdrawal of students for vacations. This paper is a review of research studies on…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Time Factors (Learning), Academic Achievement, Extended School Day
Bae, Sang Hoon; Cho, Eunwon; Byun, Bo-Kyung – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2019
This study identified subgroups of elementary students based on similar patterns of participation in four different types of extended education in Korea. The study also investigated relationships between student patterns of extended education participation and their various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, including residential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equal Education
Lilla, Nanine; Schüpbach, Marianne – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2021
All-day schools, the most common school form with extended education offerings in Germany, are expected to complement regular hours of school instruction with a wide array of offers and to compensate for origin-related educational gaps by providing specific offerings for disadvantaged students. Complementation and compensation can only be achieved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extended School Day, Extracurricular Activities, Homework
Rosenberg, David; Trawick-Smith, Joseph; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2020
The 2019 Student Opportunity Act creates a once-in-a-generation moment for Massachusetts students: the Commonwealth has committed $1.5 billion dollars over seven years to make good on the promise that best-in-the-nation education can be a reality for all Massachusetts children, especially English learners and students from low-income families. But…
Descriptors: School Districts, State Aid, Educational Finance, Educational Change
Rulf Fountain, Alyssa; Gamse, Beth; Velez, Melissa – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
Academic achievement in the nation's lowest performing schools is troubling. Despite improvements in students' overall academic achievement over the past few decades, proficiency gaps in reading and mathematics remain across income, racial, and ethnic groups. One promising strategy for reducing achievement gaps is to expand the school day, often…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Middle Schools, Enrichment Activities, Access to Education