Urban schools given longer-hours grant
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... and Learning, which will receive $30,000 of the $100,000 grant, in addition to support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.Jennifer Davis from the National Center on Time and Learning said Rhode Island is the first state this year to announce a statewide effort to extend the school day. The interest in offering extended learning opportunities here in Rhode Island comes from the success...