Jake Speyer Kevin Shanahan LA III, Pd. 5 6 September 2017 Schooling of Tomorrow Keeping children in school is imperative, and with a dropout rate of 7,000 American students a day, the current schooling system is failing. Year-round schooling promotes continuous learning because students are not spending large amounts of time over the summer without intellectual stimulation. This style of learning offers students with a sixty twenty year round calendar, meaning students have sixty days of instruction
Have you ever wondered if people have been in year-round schooling in a nearby county, city, or even your state? Many schools around the United States have begun year-round schooling and they claim it is better than having a three month summer. Year-round schooling is not the best idea for kids to have as their learning faculty for most of their school years. Having a three month summer gives kids a break to spend time with their family, friends, and time to do what they want. I went on an Alaskan
it should always be. Schools should continue using the traditional calendar and not a year-round schedule. There are numerous downsides to year-round schooling. It has not been proven that it has positive effects on education, it adds to costs, and it disrupts the long-awaited summer vacation. Contrary to the well-accepted belief, year-round schooling has no constructive impact on education. Most year-round schedules use the 45- 15 method: 45 days of school followed by 15 days off. Because of this
Year-round Schooling Ever wonder why you can’t remember what you learned at the beginning of school last year? Trying to remember what you learned last year may not help, because studies from the University of California show that students in grades 2nd through 9th can lose from 25-30% of what they learned the previous year. Although there are academic benefits to a year-round schedule schools should continue to operate on a 10 month 36 week schedule because it is traditional. During a year-round
country, communities created schooling schedules that were cohesive with the lifestyles and responsibilities of the student populations. In rural areas, schooling was structured around agricultural harvesting. Local school boards and superintendents gave students months off so that students could help their parents with harvesting crops and caring for the farm. Unlike their rural counterparts, in the mid-18oos, children in urban areas were subject to year- round schooling. Yet because education was
enrichment, but rather as a part of the transformation toward a philosophy of long continuous learning." (Guthrie). One of the main purposes of Year-Round Schooling is to lower the break time between school sessions. This causes children to have a better chance of retaining the knowledge that they learned from the previous year (Wyoming Tribune Eagle). Year-round schools consist of the same amount of school days, 180 days, the difference is that it is spread out over 12 months instead of the original 10
Year-Round Schooling: The Way to Go Many people feel that no school should have a year-round schedule because it is not right for children be in school year round. Despite this feeling, many schools have changed their schedule to a year-round one to benefit their students as well as their teachers. Year-round schooling (YRS), also know as year-round education (YRE), is a good way to better students’ education. It betters students’ education by provided more frequent breaks, and giving student
method of Year Round Schools. This supposed “education-saving” method offers the same amount of school days except the traditional summer break is exchanged for smaller breaks throughout the year. Although this method is supposed to boost students learning and intelligence it is actually not all that it is cracked up to be. Year Round Schooling essentially causes more harm than good because it does not benefit the students at all, it is a
One of the most talked about issues of schooling today, would be year round schooling. The program started as a new way to learn. The old way and still the way most schools calendar is set up was designed the way it is due to harvest times, when the United States was a farming country. There have been many studies done, and some schools have already implemented this program. The studies and the schools that have gone ahead and implemented the program have seen both good things and bad things in their
Year Round Schooling Speech Have you ever thought about what life would be like having to go to school year round? Well kids today feel that with all the pressure and work they have during the school year, they need the 3 month break time period in order to regroup themselves and have a change of scenery. Year round schooling in the past few years has become a trend that is sweeping the nation, and I am going to tell you why year round schooling IS NOT a way to send the children of America