Session 17: Extending Learning Time: A Successful Strategy for Increasing Achievement

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This session will highlight the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) DC and An Achievable Dream Academy, two schools successfully implementing programs of extended learning time and increasing student achievement. This session will serve three purposes: to bring attention to the need for innovative, effective strategies of extending learning; to share best practices and model programs of extended learning time; and to address state and federal roles in stimulating the use of such programs in high-poverty and low-performing schools and districts. The audience will engage in dialogue with experts in the field including two practitioners and a policy advocate.

Presenters:
Cynthia G. Brown, Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC
Susan Schaeffler, Executive Director and Founding Principal, KIPP DC, Washington, DC
Richard Coleman, Sr., Director, An Achievable Dream Academy at Dunbar-Erwin, Newport News, VA

Strand 2: Accelerating the Learning of Students Who Arrive Behind