1.29.14

Ian H

Mr. Joseph

January 17, 2014

Year Round School 

Is it a good idea?

         Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to. In fact, Teresa Greenfield (1994) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the results of standardized tests showed no such improvement. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement( compclass.us).  And because of that there is no effect to year round and the regular calendar why should schools do it. Also in addition, Dr Gary Peltier (1991) notes that when the scores of year-round school students ca were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen(compclass.us). And even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. And adding to that  "Since 1980, 95% of schools trying Year-Round School have returned to a traditional  calendar. Thus, they have changed their calendar twice and had to suffer the disruption, frustration, and wasted time that this entails." (auburn.edu). Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  

Work Cited

Greenfield, Teresa  "Year Round School." compclass.com,  January 2014 

McCoal, Devon "Year Round School...Or Not" auburn.edu, January  2014

Peltier, Gary "Year Round School." compclass.com, January 2014