Year Round Schooling Did you know that only 3‚181 schools are year round‚ in the United States‚ compared to 98‚817 public schools? The article “Top 10 Reasons Why Year Round School is a Good Idea‚” talks about all the reasons why schools should switch to year round schooling‚ including overcrowding‚ vacations‚ more frequent breaks‚ and brain drain. Year round schooling is not positive for schools. Have you ever considered switching to year round schooling? Here are some reasons not to switch‚ the
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switch from the traditional school year to having year round school in order to properly educate the students in this area. In my personal opinion‚ I most likely agree with the Union City Board of Education do to the following reasons. First of all‚ more time would be spent on teaching new material in opposed to reviewing old material because of summer loss. In addition‚ with a 15-day break after 45 days of instruction students are able to recover and refresh. Third of all‚ it eliminates the need for
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three months long‚ popular‚ and unnecessary? Summer Break! Educators around the world say children should attend year round schools. They state this because The United States is falling behind other countries in education (Kelsey 28). Other educators‚ however‚ are saying students and teachers need a summer break to refresh their bodies and minds and to make new lesson plans. Students and teachers should give up summer break and attend year round schools. Joining a year round school allows students
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“In school‚ you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life‚ you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” -Tom Bodett. On April 14th‚ 2014 there was an education article written about how long days make “ghosts” of children dropped at school gates. The children were literally draining from how long school is. Fifty percent of teachers say that schools should be no more than 5 hours. Ninety- three percent of the teachers even commented on how they could see “damaged pupils’ abilities to concentrate
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Year-round Schools The possibility of year round schools has been a hot debate topic for quite some time. The question is‚ is the idea of year round schools acceptable considering all the potential drawbacks? Year round schooling can be disruptive to both the family of the students and the teachers themselves‚ it can be too costly for a large group of people‚ and year round schools do not provide the same opportunity for learning as the traditional school year does. For several reasons‚ the
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benefits of year-round schooling When most student are asked about year-round school they think it means giving up their summer‚ but that’s not exactly right. Year-round school doesn’t necessarily mean giving up summer vacation. There are variety of calendars school districts follow. The current school year is based on an outdated agricultural model‚ when families need to use their children to help them with a harvest. Most families aren’t like that anymore. It’s time to update the school calendar
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My High School Years We all have nice memories of when we attended high school. Memories that will never be forgotten. For most of us it has been a while since high school and it is all a blur. We all remember a lot of things‚ especially things that the school did and we didn’t approve of. Something that would annoy us‚ but we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. The majority of us‚ I’m sure‚ don’t like the way the school handled the schedule‚ the food we had for lunch‚ or the teachers
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Should all education be free? All education should be free to all people and paid for by the government. This statement has caused great controversy over the past decades. On the one hand‚ it should be free since there are poor who are smart‚ intelligent and capable‚ yet the state provides no education for them. How would you feel knowing that your life is never going to get better because you don’t have the opportunity? Another argument is economic development. Finishing school and pursuing
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Year Round Schools: The Future Education System The three month summer vacation between school years that students have become so fond of‚ was originally created to allow students to help with the harvesting of that year’s crops. However‚ the harvest season no longer interferes with education as the massive increase of urbanization and various technological advances have eased the workload of farming families. As a result‚ there is now a major need to transition from a traditional school setup to
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the alarm clock‚ Oh yeah! I have to go to school. Think about it‚ three months of not using anything that we learned during the school year and we are expected to effectively jump back from that. With year-round schooling‚ we can better transition to the next grade without having to recap what we learned in the previous year.This point can be proven in three basic concepts; First‚ less schooldays wasted‚ more days progressing and advancing. Secondly‚ year-round schooling will create less stress for
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