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PRO 2 ... Findings from a study of San Diego (California) elementary schools indicate that students in year-round schools outperformed those in traditional schools in the degree of achievement in reading, language, and math test scores. ... CON 2.1...
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Answer: It's important to understand that most students in year-round schools attend school the same number of days (usually 180) as students in traditional nine-month schools. So for most students, there is not the advantage of additional time in the classroom.
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There are also many disadvantages of year round schooling, or advantages of traditional schooling. One of them is that at least one fourth of the staff is always absent from the meetings at year round schools. Since, these teachers are on their breaks, they are not there to make decisions.
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Do year-round schools enhance student learning, or are they a costly, hectic, and largely ineffective cure for the nation's educational ills? Those involved in year-round schools -- school superintendents, specialists, researchers, teachers, and principals -- share their views with Education World readers.
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Find out how our family feels about Year-Round School. ... I will discuss how our family feels about the often controversial issue of year-round schools. ... Year-round Education: A Strategy for Overcrowded Schools; From ERIC Clearinghouse, extensive facts about year-round schooling.
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Throughout elementary school, my three sons all attended year-round school. This year, my youngest son is still attending a year-round school while my older two are attending schools with traditional schedules. While many people resist the idea of year-round school, I'm a proponent of it for several reasons.
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The Pro's are that students remember things learned in school, kids might get in less trouble, ... My opinion is that I think we shouldn't have school year round. My first reason is test scores. A comparison of test scores of year round schools and standard calendar schools found no significant differance in achievement.
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Kids in year-round schools are at an academic advantage. A Duke University study found that kids in year-round schools are less likely to forget what they’ve learned because they don’t experience the long break that occurs during summer vacations with traditional schools.
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Kids in year-round schools attend classes for anywhere from six to nine weeks in a row, broken up by two- to four-week vacations. That, say some educators, keeps the learning process ongoing with minimal disruption.
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