Day To Get Longer At Some Low-Performing Schools  Around 20,000
kids will be spending more time in school next year. A public-
private partnership was announced on Monday to fund longer
school days at some low-performing schools in five states.
And I'm Audie Cornish.  Kids in five states can look forward to
a longer school day next year. A public-private partnership is
offering up some extra money to cover the cost. It will cover
additional instruction for about 20,000 students in Colorado,
Connecticut, New York, Tennessee and Massachusetts. Here is
NPR's Tovia Smith.  TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: More and better is how
the idea was described by advocates today. Funding from the Ford
Foundation, along with state and federal monies will pay for 300
extra hours a year of instruction in poor and low-performing
school districts.  SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN: And I think this is
the kernels of a national movement.  SMITH: Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan has been a big booster of more time in
school, not just because it a