DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado is one of five states where a group of students will soon start spending more time in class, as a program looks at what adding 300 hours to the school year would mean in terms of learning.
The Pew Foundation is behind the push to add to the school year with some funding from other grants and foundations.
About 5,000 students in the following districts will see the longer day starting in the 2013 school calendar:
- Denver Public Schools - Boulder Valley Public Schools - Jeffco Schools - Adams 50
Gov. John Hickenlooper was in Washington when the program was announced.
“That extra time with their teachers or within a structured setting means all the world,” Gov. John Hickenlooper said. “It means it allows them to continue the momentum they had the day before. It means they don’t slip back over the summer. It allows them to really deliver.”
The governor says Colorado will look at various ways to add the hours by using technology or perhaps even staggering when teachers come to school.
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