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The United States is Ranked 28th in Education.

Our Country is ranked the 28th in a global math and science education ranking according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This is a rather disturbing statistic when many poorer countries are ranked ahead of the United States. Also, considering the amount of technology that we possess. There has to be another reason why our country ranks so poorly. Is our students not being taught what they really need to know? Has too much technology made us lazy? Although this is a very complex problem that needs multiple solutions a year round school schedule is the primary change that needs to be made to improve on this ranking. I have identified 4 key solutions …show more content…

The following year the first few weeks are typically spent reviewing or relearning lessons from the previous year. Rose Edwards a principal of Carpenter Elementary in Lake Orion, Michigan stated this: "Our teachers tell us they typically used to spend four to six weeks in review. Now it 's not even a week. Last year ,our first-grade teacher moved into second-grade math with three weeks left in school. Therefore, they were reviewing second-grade curriculum when they returned." (EduGuide staff 1) I have first hand knowledge of the various calendars. When I was in elementary through high school I was on a traditional schedule. During that time any other type of schedule was unheard of. As a child I enjoyed the 3 months off during the summer, but did become bored as the summer dragged on. I also remember how the school year was rather crammed together. Outside of the weekend the only real time off we had was 2 weeks for Christmas break and one week for spring break outside of a day here and there for various holidays. My children for the past couple of years have been on a "blended" schedule. They have a 2 month summer with an extra week for spring break and a full 2 weeks for fall break while still going the 180 required days. As a parent we like this schedule much better than the traditional schedule. Having the extra …show more content…

"There are two kinds of YRE (year round education): multi-tracking, in which students attend on different calendars to allow more to fit into one building (some are always on vacation) and single tracking, where all students go to school on the same schedule. There are advantages to both, depending upon a district 's needs."(EDUguide staff 1). There is no secret that a year round school calendar could potentially be more expensive than a traditional calendar. Teachers would command higher salaries if they had to work more days. Schools would cost more to operate with air conditioning costs during the hot summer months. However, I am sure that this sort of new schedule could save money. A year round school system would allow for better use of school facilities. Some schools have students in school while others are on break. Allowing for a school to accommodate more students and eliminate the need to build a whole new school. My children are in a rather large school system. We have 5 elementary schools all located within just a couple miles of each other. If we could eliminate 2 schools due to 2 sessions then the cost savings to taxpayers would more than offset the increase in salaries for the

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Pros and Cons of Year-Round Education Kionna Roney Getting Started with Sixth Edition APA Style This paper will discuss the topic of year round schooling and the positive and negative perspectives of the subject. A traditional school calendar in the United States of America provides 180 days of instruction and a prolonged summer vacation that is roughly three months long. While trying to raise success, reduce costs, or better serve their communities, many schools have altered the traditional school calendar. Year-round education (YRE) programs (also called modified calendars or balanced calendars) do not extend the amount of time students are in school, but rather distribute the 180 school days more evenly throughout the year.

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Many arguments about changing the school calendar are for year round school. Readers are only gaining knowledge on the one sided benefits of the year round schedule. The year round calendar consists of school days throughout the whole year. Normally, the year round schedule goes forty-five days to school then fifteen days on vacation. Another common track is sixty on twenty off (“Year-Round Education Program Guide.”)

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Traditional school versus Year round school The idea of year round school is starting to be more the topic of discussion. Many people are for the idea of year round education and many are against it. “If our country began on a year around schedule, it would have seemed bizarre to propose the summer- off schedule as a superior way to educate students” says Principle Hazel Colebank. Although some may feel year round school is great for bettering education, changing what’s considered normal could cause more harm than good.

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“A year-round schedule might reduce absences because the frequently scheduled breaks allow for sick or exhausted teachers and students to recover and recuperate before returning to school” (Pearson). The frequent but short breaks in year round school allow students to have enough time to get better from sicknesses causing fewer absences during the school year unlike traditional school which gives fewer breaks not allowing students to recover from illnesses causing there to be more absences. When the absences are decreased, it could help lower stress for

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They start in August and end in June . They go nine weeks and then get a two week break off. A traditional school starts in September and it ends in June. They also go 180 days, but they only get a few short breaks around the holidays. I like year round schooling because they have some time off, and they also have extra activities.

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Will year-round schools truly help diminish the summer learning loss? Schools districts all over the country have changed to a new kind of school calendar that runs year-round in hopes of giving students the best learning experience. These changes came at a time when the summer learning loss challenged students’ knowledge over the summer. The traditional calendar, which consisted of 180 total work days and a long summer break, had been broken up to several periods of in-session days with the breaks distributed throughout the year (Source B). Superintendents and teachers had hoped that this would battle against the summer learning loss by not giving it a chance to take effect.

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