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Prisoners Of Time

Report of the National Education Commission on Time and Learning

April 1994

Table of Contents

• Title Page

• Letter of Transmittal
• Prisoners of Time
• National Education Goals
• Dimensions of the Time Challenge
• Lessons from Abroad
• Recommendations
  • I. Reinvent Schools Around Learning, Not Time.
  • II. Fix The Design Flaw: Use Time in New and Better Ways.
  • III. Establish an Academic Day.
  • IV. Keep Schools Open Longer to Meet the Needs of Children and Communities.
  • V. Give Teachers the Time They Need.
  • VI. Invest in Technology
  • VII. Develop Local Action Plans to Transform Schools.
  • VIII. Share the Responsibility: Finger Pointing and Evasion Must End.
• Is There A Better Way?
  • An Urban Elementary School for the Next Century
  • A School Year that Never Really Ends
  • Meeting Student Needs in the Southwest
  • Providing Day Care and Pre-School Programs amidst Rural Poverty
  • Developing a New Generation of Scientists, Scholars, and Leaders
  • The Extended Day and Year: One Community's Experience with Public Demand
  • "Year-Round Education"
• Appendices
  • A. Members of Commission
  • B. Acknowledgments
  • C. Schedule of Commission Events
  • D. Witnesses: Meetings and Hearings
  • E. Site Visits
  • F. Foreign Itineraries
  • G. Glossary

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Washington, DC 20202-7591
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