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In ExpandED Schools—public elementary and middle schools that work with TASC to expand the time and ways kids learn—our goal is to help all kids develop into adults who can innovate, create and think for a living.

TASC provides ExpandED Schools with funding, professional development, technical assistance and a framework to build an active, balanced learning day that gives students approximately 35% more learning time at 10% additional cost to the school day.

Info Expand Education with TASC

Your school and community can re-engineer the school day to give kids more time to learn. We can help:



TASC provides intensive support to a select group of ExpandED Schools that are implementing our model. We also provide consulting services to cities, school districts, schools and community organizations that are interested in expanding learning opportunities through partnerships between schools, parents and communities.

To contact us regarding these services, email Senior Vice President for ExpandED Schools Christopher Caruso at ccaruso[at]tascorp.org or call (646) 943-8700.


What’s Different about ExpandED Schools?

  • The Team
    Each school partners with an experienced youth-serving organization to bring to the school new resources and staff members such as AmeriCorps volunteers. Teachers, administrators, parents and community partners work together to reinvent the school day to more fully meet the needs of their kids. Community educators help teachers personalize instruction, build a lively culture of exploration and achievement and fortify kids against lives often marked by stress and hardship.
  • The Schedule
    The school day expands by roughly three hours to match parents’ working hours without mandating longer hours for teachers.
  • The Curriculum
    Schools increase academic rigor and offer a wider variety of learning opportunities such as music and web design that support and expand on core knowledge.

Four Core Elements of ExpandED Schools

  • More Learning Time for a Balanced Curriculum
  • School-and-Community Partnership and Staffing
  • Engaging and Personalized Instruction
  • Sustainable Cost Model
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ExpandED Schools: A New Way to Increase Kids’ Learning Time & Opportunity

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15 Dec 2011
This two-pager gives an overview of the ExpandED Schools approach, including a sample schedule, the cost model, evidence that it works, and a case study.

Unlocking the Power of Expanded Learning Time: Year Two Report on TASC ExpandED Schools

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20 Dec 2010, TASC
This report on the second year of TASC’s 3-year ExpandED Schools (formerly TASC Expanded Learning Time) pilot introduces the Grad Tracker, a tool TASC is developing to measure whether elementary and middle school students are on track to graduate on time from high school.

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