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28 May 2009, New York Nonprofit Press
Topics: » Availability & Accessibility, » Effective Practice, » Expanded Learning Time, » Policy & Advocacy, » Program Implementation, » Program Quality, » Program Structure, » Public Policy

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In an essay published in New York Nonprofit Press, TASC President Lucy N. Friedman describes how the ELT / NYC initiative is showing the way toward a seamless learning day that increases academic time, but also brings rigor and structure to enrichments such as arts and science.

Ms. Friedman makes the case for expanded learning days that accommodate the schedules of parents who are working, often multiple jobs, and for the model that TASC has been developing in partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the Department of Youth and Community Development. In this model, schools and community-based organizations partner up to share the funding 50/50 and form one school culture under the leadership of the principal, collaborating on everything from curriculum to parent outreach across the 3 PM dividing line.