Students' instructional time can vary by nearly 200 hours, according to new research provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Adding more high-quality learning time is key to catching many kids up from ...

Learning nurtures our natural drive for progress and self-actualization. Small, daily learning habits can build long-term ...

Low participation ultimately limited the impact of the four “acceleration days” — two over winter break and two over spring break — as families opted for vacation time over class time.

Research shows K-12 students in different states spend wildly different amounts of time in school, and suggests the nation's schools could be much better about using the learning time they do have.

Revised version of signature L.A. Unified plan to address learning loss through extra school days attracts limited participation, about 11% of students sign up.

Independent Learning Time (ILT) is often (but not always) embedded within another fad — the Flex-Mod schedule. Flex-Mod adherents undoubtedly have good intentions; ...

At the time, educators knew that the impact on how children learn would be significant, but the extent was not yet known. The evidence is now in, and it is startling.

Those efforts will fall flat if leaders don’t also enable employees to build learning time into their workdays. It’s a small, everyday investment that will pay off in spades over time.

What it takes to learn a second language. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 20 percent of the U.S. population speaks another language other than English, compared to 59 percent of ...

The state has found that a Greater Boston high school is short on learning time, forcing district officials to adopt a new schedule that delivers the required instructional hours. Brookline High ...

Brookline High School is about 56 hours short of the state-mandated 990 mark for structured learning time, according to a recent state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education investigation.