8663641 1-4 English III 9 December 2016 Is Year-Round Schooling More Effective? The world is constantly progressing without a break. Why should we take one? “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family”. We as people on Earth make progress all the time. We have to, the only way to do this is thorough Knowledge and Comprehension. It also takes consistency working at getting smarter not being distracted by knowledge. “A good
Many believe that year round education is the best format for schools. Among these advocates are President Obama and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education. President Obama makes the assertion that “The challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom” while Secretary Duncan supports his ideology by actively searching for year round schools that she believes will “keep kids in school longer to boost their academic achievements”. While year round schools with extended school days are more efficient
Year Round School Nelson Mandela once said “ Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Children should be in school as much as possible because the power of education is important and life changing. Year round school helps students keep material constantly fresh in their minds, it makes vacations more frequent, and keeps kids busy so they stay out of trouble. Year round schools are beneficial because no matter the time of year or the season, students shouldn’t have
Year-Round Schooling The average school period is one hundred and eighty days with small breaks in between and a three-month break during summer to ease students’ minds and let them relax. The Board of Education should make all schools in the United States year-round to increase educational time and decrease the loss of knowledge over the breaks. It gives students the same time to relax and plan family vacations periodically throughout the year, but never creates the stress of changing sleep schedules
The School Schedule of the Future Jefferson County had an overpopulation problem, but the decision for what to do turned out to be a fairly easy one. Instead of building costly schools and using the all-important tax-payer money, they decided to use what they already had and made the intelligent and cost-savvy switch to year-round schooling all the way back in 1973 (White 27). Year-round schooling consists of districts that, instead of using the traditional 9-month calendar, they have sessions for
Did you know that all year round schools are the same length as regular schools? As of now are school day length is roughly 180 days, the all year round schools are roughly 180 days long. The only reason why people think that you go to school longer in a year round school is because you only get a month off in the summer, the rest of the time is spread out between our Easter and Christmas holidays. Pros of year round schooling would include longer breaks on holidays, for example, instead of getting
Participation in youth sports in the United States is on the rise. “Organized youth sports are highly popular for youth and their families, with approximately 45 million children and adolescent participants in the US” (Merkel, 2013). There are many benefits for children that can be attributed to sports such as: physical activity, learning motor skills, sense of belonging, stress relief, and many more. With childhood obesity on the rise recreational sports has never been needed more than it is today
behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control in 2014, approximately 33,000 people die each year because of gun-related homicides, suicides, and accidents in the United States. As previously stated, advocates for gun rights argue that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. However, this idea has been proven not entirely true. In December of 2012, a Chinese man walked into an elementary school and attacked 22 children with a knife. While the act was extremely tragic, the use of a gun would
computer lab will support multiple computing clients, including thin client Chromebooks, a tablet computer cart, and a student workstation with desktop computers. In their 2016 Standards for Students, the International Society for Technology in Education outlines six domains in which students should demonstrate proficiency so that they can “be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape” (ISTE, 2016). Included in these domains is that of the Creative Communicator, in which
I learned just how important character education is. Ms. Taylor should know she is a department chair/teacher with thirty-five years experience and has seen it all. I can now understand that the aim of public education cannot only be geared toward cognitive achievement but must also strive to produce better all round human beings. In today’s world children become exposed to violence, peer pressure and aggressive actions over which they have little power. All these influences take a toll on children