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...some charter schools, longer hours
...sagging test scores. On the local level, schools across the country are extending the hours students spend in their clutches far beyond the typical seven-hour school day and 180-day school year by increasing after-hours classes and activities. And one of the most attractive features of many charter schools is their protracted school days and years. For example, Edison Schools, which are run by a private management firm for local school districts, are open for business eight hours a day, 198 days a year. In the long run, the extra lessons add up to four additional years...
...University of California at San Diego doesn't just help a local school. It owns one. The Preuss School, on the university's eucalyptus-scented campus, is the nation's first charter school created by a university and dedicated to serving poor, minority students...
...more and more places today, the connections are palpable and practical. Colleges are once again helping neighborhood schools by designing curriculums and training teachers, helping write academic standards, and mounting capital campaigns. Some universities are starting charter schools from scratch on their campuses. Five years ago, just two states ran K-16 programs. Today 24 do, according to the Education Commission of the States. That's on top of scores of partnerships involving private colleges...
...more and more places today, the connections are palpable and practical. Colleges are once again helping neighborhood schools by designing curriculums and training teachers, helping write academic standards, and mounting capital campaigns. Some universities are starting charter schools from scratch on their campuses. Five years ago, just two states ran K-16 programs. Today 24 do, according to the Education Commission of the States. That's on top of scores of partnerships involving private colleges...