Audio and Visual Materials from October 28, 2009

                           Chicago Schools Policy Luncheon

October, 2009 Luncheon – “Is More Time the Wave of the Future?”

Link to taped program on WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified:  http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38047

Link to Mass2020 video on Expanded Learning Time.  http://www.mass2020.org/

Speakers:

Jennifer Davis, Co-founder of Massachusetts 2020 and President of the National Center on Time and Learning, reviews the national scene--the research, stakeholders, revenue streams, and issues.  Download Jennifer Davis’ Power Point presentation here. 

Erica Harris, Officer, CPS Office of Extended Learning Opportunities, talks about how time fits into CPS’s strategy and what the district is doing to extend it.  Download Erica Harris’ Power Point  presentation here.

Timothy Knowles, Lewis-Sebring Director of the Urban Education Institute at the University of Chicago, raises the issues that policy-makers and schools must address if additional time is to be used wisely.