Summer 15 Days or 2 ½ Months
The final bell rings, it is the last day of school and summer has finally began! Nobody has to think about school for two and a half months. Expect those who go to an all year school. Year round schooling is a special type of school where children are enrolled in school year round, but their breaks are much more reasonable than normal schools. In fact, did you know that year round schools have been around in the United States since 1969? Also now more than 1.4 million students are enrolled in year round schooling, but there are some people who think these schools should not be part of this situation. Schools should go year round because the students would forget less, have better grades, and even reasonable breaks.
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Teachers in Ohio, claim that when they switched to a year round schedule, students can pick up right where they left off after break. I think this will help a lot because that way you can get right to their lessons once again. These teacher have also notice that the kids are willing to come back to school after a month off. This must help a lot, because if the students are willing to get to work, the teachers won’t have to push their students. California, Illinois, Texas, and Florida have a schedule that works great for them. This schedule includes forty-five days of school, which is followed by a fifteen day break, with a thirty day summer vacation. They claim that this type of schedule minimizes the amount of time students have to lose ground. However in Montana, they have a holiday every three months. Which includes three weeks in December, all of April, and August. Some schools just eliminate fifteen minutes of the student passing time and they think that has helped rather than switching all of their schools schedule. Then there are three basic models of year round schools. One is stretching the one hundred and eighty day school year, by lengthening spring and winter breaks but then shortening the summers. Another idea is adding twenty to thirty days of instruction to the one hundred and eighty day calendar. The last basic model is having …show more content…
The students would forget less, they would improve their academics, and even have better brakes that everybody enjoys. However there are reasons why we shouldn’t go year round and that includes, money, freedom, and how unfair it is to students who already work hard enough. Our school has never mentioned any of this, but if there was ever a chance of going year round, I would vote
First, the pros of year round schooling can include; effects on absence and burnout rates, effects on budget, more frequent breaks, and also a big effect on academic achievement. The way that year round schooling works to reduce burnout and also reduce absences is that by having more frequent breaks; students are less likely to want to skip class. This is definitely noticeable after spring break where most schools don’t have any days off until the end of the year that is usually more than 2 months straight. In other words the “April, May, June stretch”. Year round schooling will also help students with their academics as well because with the way the schedule is set up, students do not ha...
Would you consider going to a school where you learn year-round? Maybe this would be your ideal school, but, when would you get to have some time to go to summer camp, or get a summer job, or play a sport with games during the day? Schools with the traditional schedule may actually be a better choice, and not just because kids love summer break. Schools should have a traditional school year schedule instead of a year round schedule because there isn’t a significant difference between the students’ performance, and year round schedules make planning family vacations hard, make the teachers’ job more difficult, and are more expensive. Also, having a summer break allows kids to participate in activities that they would not be able to do on a year round schedule due to the shorter breaks.
The change of the system to include summer breaks was due to issues not quite under their
There are various models of YRS that can be implemented, all of which are reconfigurations of the traditional, nine-month calendar. In some areas these models are known as alternative or modified calendars (Shields & Oberg, 2000) and they all have unique characteristics. Because of theses differences, school systems should spend some time analyzing which model will be best for their particular school; educators may find that some models work better than others depending on the school. Estimates on the exact number of year round schedules vary, although it has been estimated that at least 50 different scheduling patterns exist (Palmer & Bemis, 1999). The most common alternatives include the single track calendar and the multi-track calendar.
Year round schooling is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, and has shown positive academic benefits for students enrolled in year round schools. Many countries implement year round schooling, and academic ability of their students greatly surpasses those of the United States. Year round schooling, as well as increase in school days should be implemented in schools nationwide in the United States. The need for long summer vacations is non-existent, as society has become industrialized. Implementing year-round schooling, and increasing the number of school days will allow the United States to invest more time into education in order to grow and build academic success.
In conclusion, the advantages of year-round schooling are beneficial to all. If all schools did change to year round schooling, I believe we would be able to teach all the students without having to reteach skills from previous years, it could be done during intersessions. Year-round schooling benefits both the teachers and students. Teachers are able to reflect on their teachings and adjust in time before the next session would begin. The students would feel positive about themselves in school. With this change, we may even be able to accomplish No Child Left Behind.
Year round schooling sounds rigorous, but in fact it is just a change in schedule. The traditional school year was made with farming families in mind when the families needed their children to help with the crops in the summer. That is why the traditional school year has a three month period where kids are not in school over the summer. In today’s modern world, that does not make any sense because now a days, big huge machines take care of the farms and crops. Also, our economy does not depend on the crops and farms like it did back in the 20th century. The year round school year would still require the same amount of school days as the traditional school year, which is 180 days in the classroom. But instead of a prolonged summer break, it would have a 45-15 plan. 45 days in school and 15 days out of it, which translates to nine weeks in school and three weeks off. The breaks would include three weeks off in fall, winter, spring, and summer. These breaks would be in nine week intervals.
Family vacations, pool memberships, and corn de-tasseling; these have been the experiences of traditional Midwestern summers. For centuries young American children have attended school during the winter months, during farming off seasons when their families could afford to be without them. Families have grown accustomed to a traditional school calendar that provides time for bonding throughout the year. Students have grown accustomed to an eight week break during the summer months where they are allowed to refresh their minds before returning for a new school year. Unfortunately, these traditional experiences and practices are now in jeopardy. In today’s race to improve student achievement, traditional school calendars have become a point of contention. Today more and more school districts and parents alike have begun to debate the pros and cons of an alternative school calendar.
Why are so many schools changing to a year-round schedule when study finds that a year-round does not boost learning compared to traditional schools? Paul von Hippel, a sociologist at Ohio State, conducted a study which found that “students in year-round schools learn more during the summer, when others are on vacation when others are on vacation, but they seem to learn less during the school year.” This means that people on the traditional schedules have an eight month lead in education on people in year-round schools. Von Hippel explains how even though some educators say that eliminating long summer will boost academics “the results do not support that claim.” Schools should just go ahead and let students have a full
The phrase “year-round” scares students and parents alike. Some argue that students attending school year-round will get so burnt out that the new schedule would be counterproductive. However, the term “year-round” is misleading. Students would not go to school non-stop twelve months out of the year. Instead, students would attend in blocks separated by short but frequent breaks (Hapka). The National Education Association gives insight to the block system:
However, they are still simultaneously providing students with more frequent and consistent breaks from school. The most popular year-round schedule is a 45-15 plan. With the 45-15 plan children attend school for 45 days then have three weeks off, plus having days off for major holidays and teacher workdays. Year-round school increases retention rates. Students in year-round schools have showed higher scores on some standardized tests. The schedule gives teachers a break when they most need it, like during the grading period. Year-round schools have a lower staff turnover rate. A year-round schedule might reduce absences because the frequent breaks allow for exhausted or sick teachers and students to recover and relax before returning to school. Both teachers and students might feel less burnout. Teachers that are on a year-round schedule think it as a positive change. Parents and students in year-round schools also have positive feelings toward year-round schooling because the frequent breaks allow them to recharge and reenergize. Also, students would not have
Although year-round school is not something that most Americans are used to, it is much more beneficial than the original nine-month schooling. Nine-month schooling has been around for a very long time, but it is also out dated. Nine-month schooling was a way to help farmers keep their children at home for extra help during the summer months. Now, more and more people are living in town, and farmers have advanced equipment. Year-round school is a great way to give students and teachers more frequent breaks throughout the school year so they do not get burnt out. It will also shorten the review time each year, and allow teachers to teach more throughout the school year. The multi-tracking system allows
The first reason why year round schooling wouldn’t be a good idea is because of focusing for long periods of times for some students. First of all, many kids with disabilities or elementary school would have a hard time focusing that long of a time without their traditional three month summer break. Second, the more breaks students have might make it harder to focus before and after breaks. Before breaks many kids would be excited to
Should school be year-round? Well, I say yes because our young people will get done with High School faster. And if school is year round, students will not have a chance to get in a lot of trouble and they will not be able to join a gang or have time to hang on a block because they will not have a long summer break. Somebody needs to bring this problem to the school board to see if they will make the change to save many students’ lives by keeping them off the streets and keeping them in school all year long. If the children were in school longer, they would most likely turn out better, but it’s up to the people of communities to push kids through school.
Should school be year round? Yes because they would have more time to learn, the teacher would have more time to teach, and not break. Students could will achieve more than what they been learning. They also would have time to study more skills then what they already have been learning and the past. Children could be in school for ten months straight learning what they need to learn to take them to the next year. The students probably would feel better by going to school year- round, Because they will know they achieve something great. Really that way they will be getting credits faster. And could go to work and won’t have to find any babysitters for their kids. They would know their children are at school learning what they need to benefits them in life. They would have more time learning with others and getting to know peoples. Sometime children learn better with other children. Teacher could make different activities so students could remember facts. The teacher could plan more basic stuff like reading, writing, math, social studies and science. Teachers could have more time to pr...