BleepingComputer.com: Year Round Schooling A Good Idea?

A local elementary school in my state wants to do a year round school. One school did it and the grade average of the students went from below average to average.

I think it would be a pain. Always in school. Yes you would have breaks and they say just as many if not more just spread out but I wouldnt like it. Im homeschooled now and like it better than school anyways.

What do you think?

Several school districts in my state have gone to year round schooling. Several benefits that have been documented are a minimum of a 13% less absenteeism rate. A 12% drop at minimum in teen and juvenile related crimes in the communities which went to year round schooling. And the best part is, a minimumum 18% increase in overall test scores and 11% increase in High School graduation rates. It's only been in effect for about 3 to 5 years, so the effects are short term. The model is continuously being reviewed to see if this will be a long term gain and possibly adopted as a state mandate. As it stands now it is a school district choice if this will happen or not. The areas that are not expected to follow suit and or resist a state mandate are the agricultural areas. All in all some impassive numbers in some key indicators and quite a strong argument for year round schooling.

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Yeah because the kids have no free time,always in school. If it happenes in more places I think a lot of kids will homeschool. I know I would.

The home schooling requirements in my state are quite high. Quite a few do not qualify to home school. And I can tell you for a fact that the vast majority of the metropolitan areas the family are a two income family. So there is not a parent or such to do the home schooling. Home schooling is a very limited option for most in my state. If it is an option for you, thats great, for many it's not.

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I like the idea of year round. I did it a few times taking special courses in summer during HS. I also took all my math and science courses when I went home for the summer in college. Subjects taken at Steven's Tech in Hoboken ,NJ were tranferrrable anywhere. But I think the all year with it's breaks would make kids (or all students) better learners. No more end of year lag. No more new year warm up from 2 + months off. I do know there are some logistics involved, that are locale defined, such as A/C and heating.
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Hi CGM3

A comment from a district who tried it in your state... Test scores did NOT improve. We tried that in the district I live in. Many people were excited because students would not be away for the summer - and therefore forget less over the extended time away. The actual results showed no improvement.

As of this year, schools returned to the traditional schedule.