Students who spend less time in school have lower levels of student achievement, according to Matthew A. Kraft of Brown University and Sarah Novacoff of Stanford University, who wrote about their ...

Apr. 18—Portales schools students will be released early on most Fridays but will still spend more time in class under a school calendar adopted Monday in the wake of new legislation that requires ...

Despite efforts to increase the time students spend in school in Michigan, kids are getting less face time than ever with teachers, the state's top education official warns. State Superintendent ...

Tuesday’s first day of class brought new passing times: Students had 15 or 20 minutes to travel between classes, instead of last year’s 10 minutes. Here, our Opinion writers comment on the new class ...

Time on task matters. The conclusion of a multitude of studies conducted by education researchers suggests that there are few substitutes for the amount of time students spend in class and their ...

The study, published in Obesity Facts, is the first scientific assessment of the impact that reducing sedentary behaviour in the classroom has on obesity in primary school children. The authors say ...