Improving Student Achievement by Extending School:

Is It Just a Matter of Time?

by Julie Aronson, Joy Zimmerman and Lisa Carlos
©1998 WestEd. All rights reserved.


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This paper was prepared for the PACE Media/ Education Writers Seminar (April 20, 1998).

Funding for this paper is partially provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education.

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