There’s no national policy dictating how many days or hours students must attend classes each year. That means students in some states and districts can end the year with substantially more learning ...

Time spent online is no guarantee of quality learning. Constant solicitations, zapping, cognitive fatigue... numerous obstacles fragment our attention and discourage deep intellectual engagement. To ...

Small steps to protect student learning time can have big payoffs. Two school leaders who have worked to cut down on the seemingly minor classtime disruptions that add up to major lost learning time ...

Student success is a critically important issue for school districts–and not simply because districts want students to perform well. Improving student learning and student success is necessary for ...

AMHERST — Amherst school officials are being required by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to take corrective action after the agency determined Amherst Regional High School ...