To address budget issues, more than 100 school districts in 17 states have switched to a four-day week with other financially strapped districts considering the shift. Students and teachers make up the missed hours with a lengthened school day.
While there is little research to determine the potential impact of this change, The Principals’ Partnership [...]

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Even before the California Senate approved a reform bill that would give parents greater control over their children’s’ education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would sign the package into law “as soon as it hits my desk.” On January 7, he approved a provision known as the “parent trigger” (learn about the momentum behind [...]

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Yesterday, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell released California’s 2008-09 Accountability Progress Report (APR), stating “For the seventh year in a row schools at every level have made real progress toward the statewide API target of 800, and almost half of our elementary schools have met or exceeded this goal. The API results also [...]

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