The Legacy of More & Better Learning Time: Grantee and Stakeholder Reflections

This report serves as a legacy document for the Ford Foundation's More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative. It summarizes the approaches to and outcomes and challenges of successful MBLT strategies around the country. The report includes data from a survey for Ford Foundation MBLT grantees across the country and from case studies in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; and Rochester, New York. The report is divided into seven sections that represent the major themes of both the survey and case studies and a concluding section on lessons learned: (1) Policies and programs; (2) Planning; (3) Leadership; (4) Stakeholder support; (5) Equity; (6) Outcomes; (7) Challenges; and (8) Lessons learned. Not all of the questions in the survey or all of the information collected in the case studies are represented in these themes. The appendix contains the complete survey responses for all of the questions, including the open-ended responses, and can be found at www.cep-dc.org.