Pros of Year-Rounding Education
The debate over year-round education has uncovered pros, cons and thought-provoking facts about such schooling. Proponents of year-round schools and longer school days say they will solve our nation's concerns about school performance and produce more globally competitive citizens but opponents have also identified potential drawbacks. Can year-round education be beneficial to your students and/or kids?
Eliminating any sort of long break from school can improve a child’s academic achievement. Long summers are known to cause “summer slides”, or the decline of extended vacation. Even if you hire a tutor to help your child in subjects like Math, it may not enough to prevent at least a little of this “summer slide” from occurring. This loss in learning varies across grade level, subject matter and family insurance according to the National Summer Learning Association, but it affects children in some way.
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Instead of spending more money to build additional schools, WCPSS had 22 of its elementary and middle schools convert to year-round schedules beginning at the start of the year 2007. “I don’t believe it’s more challenging just different”, says Cox a sixth grade Language Arts teacher at West Lake Middle School, which operates on a multi-track schedule. “There are some changes that we have to get when making the switch”, states Cox.
Year-round education is on the rise. According to a recent report by the Congressional Research Service, the number of year-round education has increased by 26% since 2007. Most of these schools typically operate on a multi-task or a single-task schedule. What is a multi-track? A multi-track is Having, using, or produced with multiple recording tracks. What is a single-track? A single-track is having a narrow scope and/or