"Schools See Flex Time As Valuable Exercise" (Wash Post, 02/12/09)

High schools in Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun counties have been inserting these chunks of time -- from 40 to 90 minutes, depending on the school -- for several years, often to reduce after-school tutoring costs but also to raise achievement in the era of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

"Students urged to learn inside and outside school in DARE2XL program" (Uniontown Herald-Standard, 02/09/09)

This is the second installment in a three-part series on an after-school enrichment program designed to motivate students to learn. The program is used in elementary schools in the Uniontown, Connellsville and Brownsville school districts.