Zenzhel de Guzman wasn’t too sure what to expect for her son during the winter academy — Los Angeles Unified’s three days of optional school over the long holiday break. Her first-grade son was ...

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A signature $123-million Los Angeles school district plan to help students struggling with pandemic-related learning setbacks by offering extra school days has failed to attract widespread ...

He said extra learning days for elementary students is "one of the few opportunities that we have to create a ramp for them to move forward." While McCutchen, in Carlsbad, said she can move her two ...

The first national database of schools that have added learning time to their schedules, which was released this week, suggests that the extra time might play a role in boosting middle and high school ...

It's 4:30 in the afternoon, and the fall colors in the trees are glowing as the sun drops low over the sprawling, historic campus of Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. Dozens of students are ...

With the public examinations only a month away, the school education department handed out learning materials to students of Class X and XII to help prepare better for the exams. The books were ...

An unusual summer break is poised to follow what has already been an abnormal year for some D.C. students, with the city’s public schools packing extra learning opportunities between July and August.

Among the bevy of broken parts in the traditional educational system is the notion of extra credit. The mere suggestion of it causes an angry shiver and frustration that is hard to verbalize in an ...