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Year-round school in the United States

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A year-round school is a school that runs for 10 months with a cumulative 2 months of break distributed throughout the year, without the usual multiple-month summer vacation. They are most often found in the United States. The longer period of schooling is compensated with more frequent one- and two-week breaks, in addition to the ones found in traditional schools; as a result, the school year in a year-round school usually has a similar number of instructional days as other schools.I hate school! NO MORE SCHOOL!

Advocates claim that year-round calendars help students achieve higher and allow special teachers to provide more effective education. Reports from the California State Department Of Education show that standardized reading test scores increased 29% for year-round grade school students[1] and that a greater number of year-round students met state score objectives than those on traditional schedules.[1]

However; research has shown that year-round schooling does not increase scholastic achievement.[2]

Lawsuits have been filed against various school districts to block or ban year-round calendars,[3][dead link‍] charging that year-round education is "harmful to students".

Front view of a building which houses a school that is classified as a year-round school in Morrisville, North Carolina, United States.[1]. Morrisville has been a year-round school since its construction; it is part of a program that has been running for more than 13 years to implement year-round schools.

Proponents of year-round school cite the following educational benefits:

  • Surveys in year-round districts[4] indicate that between 69% to 90% of teachers prefer year-round education.
  • Prevention of student and teacher burnout[1]
  • Decrease of teacher and student absences due to shorter instructional cycles.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c United States Department of Education (1992), What YRE Can Do To Enhance Academic Achievement and To Enrich the Lives of Students That the Traditional Calendar Cannot Do.
  2. ^ "Ohio State University, "Year-round Schools Don't Boost Learning, Study Finds."". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. ^ Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Students, Parents File Suit Against State's Funding Of School
  4. ^ Wake System (2006-05-04), Teacher Survey: Year-Round Conversion (PDF)
  5. ^ Kneese, Carolyn (2000-08-01), Single-Track vs. Multi-Track Schedules, United States Department of Education (ERIC Digest)
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