Tag: Year Round Schools
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Ask An Expert: What are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Year Round Schools?
Question: I am considering taking an accounting job with a district that has year round schools. Since I am unfamiliar with the concept, I would like ... -
Why Education Reformers Shouldn’t Dismiss the Idea of Year-Round Schooling
When it comes to propositions for educational reform, the suggestion that the U.S. adopt a year-round schooling model is one of the most drastic – at ... -
Year-Round Schooling: 3 Common Arguments against It
In my last post, I talked about the reasons I feel that teachers should get behind the push to support year-round schooling and how more consistent ... -
Top 3 Reasons the US Should Switch to Year-Round Schooling
The traditional school year, with roughly three months of vacation days every summer, was first implemented when America was an agricultural society. Learning to read, write, ... -
Year-Round Schooling: Why it’s Time to Change
When public schools first started popping up in the U.S., they were considered secondary to other hands-on pursuits. Learning to read, write and perform basic arithmetic ... -
Using Time to Improve Student Performance
Proponents of a year-round school year suggest that a shift in the time designated for teaching and learning will help students achieve more by minimizing summer ... -
Year-Round Schooling: Should We Add on Extra Time, Too?
In this series, I’ve advocated for K-12 schools to shift from the traditional summers-off school calendar to year-round schooling. Consistency, less time spent relearning material, and ... -
Year-Round Schooling: How it Affects the Economy
In this series I have been writing about different facets of the year-round schooling debate. First I looked at the effects on students and then moved ... -
Year-Round Schools: How it Affects Teachers
In my last post, I talked about the ways that students are impacted when they are on a year-round school schedule, instead of having traditional summers ...
