Kate Sandstrom Mrs. E. Conn English Composition 7 February 21, 2018 Annotated Bibliography: Is year-round schooling a good idea? DeNisco, Alison. "Year-round schooling gains popularity." District Administration, vol.51, issue 9, Sep. 2015, pp. 15-18. EBSCOHost, web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=7&sid=8ba58932-7aa0-4e73-9fe1-0e04bda54f5f%40sessionmgr4008. DeNisco reports 4% of schools nationwide are operating on a year-round schedule. Year-round schooling has been shown to have higher student and teacher attendance throughout the year than regular schools. Students at Hall Fletcher Academy in North Carolina have nine-week school blocks then 3-week intersession breaks, and parents are highly supportive. Year-round school students …show more content…
"Is Year-Round Schooling on Track?." District Administration, vol. 47, no. 7, July 2011, p. 34. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,custuid&custid=infohio&db=f5h&AN=65050347&site=ehost-live. Dessoff reports year-round schooling prevents a "summer slide." A summer slide is when school ends in June or May and kids tend to lose and forget a lot of knowledge that they learned. Year-round schooling has no more than 8 weeks of break at a time. An extended year, a type of year-round schooling, adds 15-20 days to a normal school year. Another type of year-round schooling is a single-track. A single track is when everyone in the school is on the same schedule, going on break on the same days and coming back from break on the same days. 90% of year-round schools are single-track. A multitrack is another type of year-round schooling. Multitrack is when different kids are coming back from break and are leaving for break at different times. A multitrack at a year-round school can increase the number of kids in class at one time by 30%. When kids go on break, some schools allow kids to come in for the next week to catch up on school and learning. Year-round schooling and multitrack calendars help areas build less schools and fit more kids into one school. A disadvantage of multitrack calendars is if a family has three kids in different grades, they might not all be on the same calendar and will not be able to have family time with the …show more content…
Across America, 4% of schools operate year-round, and some people like that and some don't. Year-round schooling can take away student's and parent's time to spend together and parents have work. If schools are year-round, then some industries may suffer; specifically, the vacationing industry and high schoolers who want summer jobs. Some people argue against year-round schooling because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There is nothing wrong with the normal 180-day calendar, so some people don't think year-round schooling is necessary. A disadvantage of year-round schooling is that parents and children have conflicting schedules if the parents work, the parents will need to find care while they are away. One advantage of year-round schooling is there is no summer learning loss to wipe away the kids' memory of what they previously learned. Year-round schooling is 189 days per year, and different year-round schools have different break schedules including: 45-days of school and 15-days of break, 60-days of school and 20-days of break, and 90-days of school and 30-days of break. At a school, if all the kids learn year-round, then the school is called a single-track calendar. If not all of the kids attend school year-round, then the school uses a multitrack system. 42 studies have shown that year-round school shows no positive impact and 27 studies have shown positive