Graduation Speech : Year Round Schooling

Summer break is supposed to be a time of rest and rejuvenation for students. After nine months of hard work and challenging classes, one would think such a long break could do nothing but good for students; however, this is not the best way for young minds to learn. A three month break is far too long for children to go without proper education and supervision. Instead of a long three month break at the end of each school year, why not give students the same number of days off but spread them out more frequently throughout the year? Year-round education is a more efficient, globally competitive, and fair alternative to the traditional nine month school year.

Year-round schooling is characterized by its 45-90 day periods of instruction (varying with different multitrack systems) separated by 15-30 day breaks (varying with different multitrack systems) (California Department of Education). There is no current scientific evidence to show that year-round education lessens the amount of material forgotten during the summer (McMillen 68); in fact, this memory loss is maximized as it occurs more frequently as it accompanies the shorter, habitual breaks. Constant breaks can also multiply some of summer’s negative effects. One common issue associated with summer is students’ loss of focus as summer approaches and trouble becoming accustomed to the beginning of the following school year (Worsnop 439). This would be a, though minimized, a recurring difficulty with constant breaks. Furthermore, teachers

A teacher who was part of a year round system recounts, “I found myself going through 3 school years without that opportunity for self-assessment and planning for the future of the educational program.” (“The Effect of Year Round Schools” 1999/22 February 2005). With a much shorter summer break, teachers will not have enough time to increase their education, which can benefit the learning of their students. For these reasons, year round schools are not as beneficial as the traditional school year.

Even though kids in year round school learn more over the summer than the kids that are on the nine month school calendar , but the kids in the nine month school calendar learn more during school then the ones in year round school. The article says, "We found that students in year-round schools learn more during the summer, when others are on vacation, but they seem to learn less than other children during the rest of the year," said von Hippel. The problem, von Hippel said, may be that year-round schools don't actually add more school days to the school year. The total number of school days and vacation days are about the same for both systems - about 180." If kids in the nine month school calendar are learning more while they are at school then they might as well stick with not having year round

For decades, primary and secondary schools are stuck in tradition of having school for nine months and having several long breaks including a two-month summer break. Several states in the United States and in Canada have been throwing around the idea of year-round school. Some say that year-round schooling is a good thing for the children and others say that the children need a break from school, but also have a higher chance of forgetting the material before they return to school the following year. With year-round school, its focusing more on the students’ education and not the convivence for parents and school board.

Jaclyn Zubrzycki explains how year-round schooling is simply breaking up the academic year with several two-to-three-week vacations. The length of breaks and schedules are different for each school. For some, the students have 45-day academic sessions followed by 15-day breaks, for others it’s 60-day sessions then 20-day breaks, and for many it’s 90-days of classes followed by 30-days of break. In the 2011-12 school year, 4% of schools were on a year-round schedule. That’s 3,700 schools, and 400 of those were charters. The number of year-round schools increased by 26% from 2006-07 to 2011-12. According to the Congressional Research Service, the average year-round school is open 189 days a year, which is 9 more days than a traditional school

Educational debates are a widespread in today’s society. Currently, one of the largest debates in education is the debate of whether schools should stay with the traditional school calendar or change to a year-round calendar. The main focus of the debate is centered around the idea that using the year-round calendar will provide kids with a more consistent learning schedule, which in turn creates better grades within the school and cuts back on summer learning loss. Year-round calendar and traditional calendar are far different. Traditional school calendar provides ten weeks of summer break and year-round calendar provides a shorter summer break but more frequent breaks throughout the year. The frequent breaks provide families the

To start with, students don't have to relearn everything they learned before the summer break. According to Year Round School, “Also, students won't have to relearn what they forgot over the summer since they would only be out of school for three weeks at a time.” To clarify, students are out for less time, thus they will remember more of what they learned.

The pros of the year-long schooling allow students and teachers to still have these long weeks off from from but more frequently, than just one long summer vacation. Though most students would tend to disagree with my standpoint but most college semester run on this year-long school program. Though most college students don't take summer classes and spend their time visiting home or relaxing, classes are still offered. Being in school requires a routine of waking up early, study habits, and remembering information. Thus, it's been proven that it take three to start a new habit or break a bad one. In addition to this fact taking shorter breaks throughout the year keeps the student and teachers in these routines. Also, the first few weeks of school are where money is actually

As a way to minimize summer learning loss, the reorganization of the traditional school calendar in the year-round education system replaces long summer vacations with several smaller breaks throughout the year (Raisch, 2008). In year-round education policies, the schools are set on a school plan and track system. This maximizes the use of school facilities by dividing the school attendance days into rotating instruction and vacation segments. According to Chittom and Klassen (2014), “The plan determines the number of consecutive days students attend school and also dictates the break schedule.” In the year-round school calendar, the 45-15 plan, the 60-20 plan, and the 90-30 plan are the most common. For example, students on a 45-15 plan would

The education system in the United States is an ever-evolving institution. As a country we have progressed from one-room schoolhouses, to segregated classrooms, to online learning environments. Congress is constantly passing legislation to better our public school systems and minimize costs to taxpayers. Individual states have also implemented various new systems to try and maximize their education potential. One such alternative is year round schooling. Year round schooling has become increasingly popular over the past few decades and is still a rapidly growing trend.

Most teachers have most likely heard “I don’t want to be at school” or “I can’t wait for summer.” Toward the end of the school year, teachers become agitated and students put in less effort on their work. To fix this problem, schools should resort to year-round schooling. “Flexible twelve-month patterns can be tailored to fit the personal needs and preferences of each family unit by permitting vacation and other non-school activities to be planned throughout the year” (Glines). During their time of break, students will be able to use the time to collect themselves and become more relaxed. Also, this gives students time to plan activities or

America is 17th in education, but year-round schools would fixed that. Year-round schools are schools with around 3 week breaks, but a shorter summer with five weeks. Year-round schools also have it that students have differ break times, it also have 175-180 days like a normal school have.

Year round schooling has been growing more popular among school districts. Just in case if you didn’t know what it is it is a form of schooling that operates 180 days a year. It never closes but has some form of breaks. In this case I will be talking about a year round school that goes for 5 weeks then has 2 weeks off. We will also examine the different point of views from the parents, students, and teachers.

This is a time where our lives can be stress free for a couple months and we can have fun whether it’s going to summer camp or going to the beach. Knowing that we get a break from all the homework and grades is really comforting during the school year when the work is overwhelming. This is not something that students who go to year round schools experience. Instead, what year-round schooling offers are smaller, more spread out breaks throughout the year. Personally, this doesn't give students anything to look forward to during the year other than shorter, less enjoyable breaks which is why I don’t agree with year-round schooling. Many