Year-Round Education
Thursday October 1, 2009
President Obama recently stated that he felt students should stay in school longer, bringing up yet again the debate around year-round education. Advocates of year-round education claim numerous benefits. For one thing, they believe that less information will be lost over a long summer break. Further, increased opportunities for remediation and easier times scheduling vacations can result from year-round education systems. On the other hands, opponents highlight that no study has conclusively proved that year-round education is better. In addition, some programs such as band and sports can be hurt by this system. Therefore, more studies need to be completed to better determine the overall effect of such a system.
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hi, i’m only a sith grader in louisianna but i think we should have year round schooling in louisianna lik in slidell and new orleans
NO!!! im an 8th grader doing research 4 a school project and i totally am against year-round schooling!
I am a seventh grader from Chicago doing reaserch on this and it looks like an easy change that would make our lives easier.
ME WANT YEARROUND SCHOOL IM IN DEBATE CLASS AND I AM DEBATING WHY IT IS BETTER AND IT IS WAAAYY BETTER
i am against year round schooling because KIDS SHOULD HAVE A SUMMER BREAK!!! :@ the school boards should just leave it the way it is !!!!!!!
i think that the school boards should just leave it the way it is because kids need a break and the world doesnt revolve around SCHOOL!! and kids need a life out of school!!
i am a sixth grader in SC and im totally for year round education i mean you get more freedom and you dont forget that much during the three weeks of un the 45-15 plan i want to be in a school that follows that plan. Also im doing a project and i have to be and before this project i didnt even know such thing existed LOVE LEXIS luve and live ur life
Hi im alyssa from New Jersey. I like the idea of yearround schooling because its the same 180 days of school with longer breaks.
NO!!! I AM A NINTH GRADER IN MESA, ARIZONA. I ONLY GET TO SEE MY DAD TWO MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR BECAUSE HE LIVES IN FLORIDA, AND THAT IS MY SUMMER VACATION. IF ITS YEAR ROUND SCHOOL THEN I WONT BE ABLE TO SEE HIM. SUCH AN INCONVENIENCE!
i think that our nationally ranked school should switch to year around school for the benefit of the students. It would not only increase our learning but its a way to keep those who make bad choices over the summer from doing those.
i dont like us having or thinking about having year round school because its dumb and stupid and i dont like the goverment thinking asbout that idea. It would be a stinky idea because it is a @#%@^^$#@
i attended a year round school for 4 years and from my point of view it was not a good system. we had less days in a semester than regular schools with traditional calenders, hence, our teachers had to cram up work in one week in order cover up everything in the semester. the days were also longer in order to recover the time we miss out on if we had regular traditinal school days. and dont get me started it on the tracks that had two months vacations between semesters…they had to relearn everything they had learn before..and when it came to holidays..they had to go to school the next day after new years. the 2nd!!! compare that to traditional schools who get another week or two after new years before going back to school
im a 10th grader, and live in Idaho. im totally against year round schooling! i just think that it would be to hard to change to a different schedule like that all a sudden… plus id miss summer break
stupid year round schooling -.- dumb idea
the worst part is that i have to do a debate on it… one thing though that i kinda would like about it is that if you go year round, then you dont really have the opportunity to lose and forget all the information that you learned the previous year. study’s say that the students mind average/thinking in class is better if you do year round then taking the long break inbetween, and actually the students on which ever calender school year type your doing you actually go about the same amount of days to school then on our regular schedule right now; it doesnt cause you to have a shorter break… OMG did i just say all that!?!
Judging from the poor grammer in the majority of these posts, I’d say that our children need to stay in school full-time
i am an 8th grader doing a paper on this and i am against year round school! we deserve a summer!!!
YEAR ROUND SCHOOLING IS BETTER
NO YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. IT IS SUPER BAD. IT WILL MAKE ME SAD. PLEASE NO YEAR ROUND SCHOOL.
School year-round may be stressful but the ending result is better. ME LIKE SCHOOL!!!!
im doing research for a debate in my gifted and talented class. even though im argueing FOR year round schooling, i have to admit that the idea of no summer vacation is a little scary. throughout the school year kids look forward to summer break. it would be a difficult switch…
i vote no.
btw its sixth*
THIS SOUNDS GREAT!!
CALM DOWN! LOL You will get breaks. And breaks will be in the summer too. The breaks are broken down and at different times of the year. You still will get the same amount of time outs just like the traditional schools. Kid here in NC love it. They don’t get bored because of a 3 month stretch of no school for the summer. The children here participate in summer camps and other camps called Track Out Camps too. You will still have much fun and learn lots. Go to http://www.wcpss.net to get a better idea. Thank You.
Isn’t the problem, or the idea to get rid of all the extra breaks? Because if we’re not getting rid of the all the breaks then what’s the point? The on again/off again mess of track schools are a pain! Might as well leave things the way they are, eh?
As a teacher? I’m not for it.
I agree with a previous comment about the poor grammar/spelling AND poor arguements against year-round school – since when did “stupid” and “dumb” and cussing become intelligent reasoning that any person in charge would respond well to? I am neither a die-hard promoter nor speaking against, because I can see the benefits – for both sides. A break of even 3 weeks is not so detrimental academically and still plenty of time to feel “free”, kids! Perhaps society, as well, will see the teaching profession as a “year-round career” finally, and pay all techers salaries more commensurate with the work done and level of education required to do it! The goal of school is to become educated so we can get all that we want out of life, so why not try the things that supposedly help that along? If students could gain more from school and feel more successful, they would naturally feel better about being there – it’s a win-win. Think about it!
I agree with “Another teacher.” It seems that most of the students that posted on this blog need to go to school year round. It seems what they are learning at the moment has made little progress on their vocabulary skills and their ability to answer a debate question with logic.
I feel that “Summer Vacation” should be investigated for historical value. Why it was put into practice and then do any of those that are against it, fall into the critia for the “Summer Vacation.”
I am a student, albeit I am 61 yrs old, I go to school year round. I feel that continuing semester after semester only promotes my learning and helps me not forget what I have learned in prior classes. I go on vacations because I need the break as do the teachers and Professors, as well as the office staff. My grandchildren uses to be on a traditional school year, but have now been put on a year round school year. Their grades have improved and they have not had to waste time with reviewing what they had learned the year before.
If our future learders are to be players in the global arena, they need to take lessons from the global education of those countries that see schooling as springboards to empowerment with other world powers.
I am for year round schooling.
Instead of changing schools to a year round system, why don’t we change the rest of our industries to match the traditional school system? Everyone now gets a summer break. Everyone. TV producers, resaurants, police, fire fighters, sanitation workers, manufacturers, doctors, nurses, hotel staff, farmers, construction workers, everyone. North America would be “work free” for the best three months of the year. It would be fantastic, wouldn’t it?
year round schooling would be a hard switch from a normal schedule. its a bad idea dont do it
im doing a project about this topic and am against it but on my paper i have to write for it. i have seen both sides of the story and even though year round schooling has some good points i still disagree with it. i mean really we have been doing this for decades why change. kids look forward to their long summer break and their holliday breaks. short frequent breaks will just cause the year to go slow and teachers wont be able to stay on a subject for a longer time if needed cause of the breaks. so plese live it the way its been working.
year round schooling is a bad idea its a hard transition and we should have a long summer break because we earn it with 9 months of school we want a long break .. think of the kids think of summer we
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live for it and if your a non working parent dont you love the time with your kids stop year round schooling!!! !!
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I believe year round schooling is wrong it could dangerously affect our economy in many towns that rely on summer vaction. Also many camps and summer progams would be forced to shut down. Write a comment if you agree.
I think year round school would negatively effect students who do not fit into a traditional school model. The students who rely on camps and extracurricular activities in order to find areas that they excel at. With the plethora of cuts being made to extra curricular activities and electives, the students who find their identity in these non-traditional activities are losing out.
I am a teacher in Ohio, and I agree that we do spend a lot of time at the beginning of the year reviewing concepts children have forgotten and need before we can move on to new information. This is a powerful argument for year-round school. The problem is paying for year-round schools. Who is paying for the renovations to our buildings which do not have air conditioning? There is no way that students or teachers could work in our hot classrooms during the summer. Who is paying for the increase in salaries for teacher and support staff if we are going beyond our contracted 180 days? Who is footing the bill? Certainly not already-hurting school districts which are struggling to pass even renewal levies in this crippled economy! So who is footing the bill?
I dont think we should have year round schooling because then we wouldnt have any free time to hang out wit our family or friends summer is like the only time i get to visit my other family that lives outta state and if they take away summer then i would never get to see them because now they have changed how many days you can miss so no year round schooling isnt good i think we have enough school now we should have longer holidays and more breaks not year round school
This is coming from a ninth graders perspective.
I disagree.
When we finish a grade summer break is like the reward. We celebrate when we go on summer break congratulating our selves for another grade finished. Besides there’s always summer school for those who didn’t get the learning that was required. There are also other company s that abide by this system. Summer camps would be force to shut down. A lot of things open only in the summer because they know kids are out of school and adults can take vacations and still get the benefit of working we cant. Cruise ships and other things would have to stop. There are also duel family’s who see each other over they summer.
If anything we should make the CR CT and SAT testing harder so kids would have to study more. Parents never did year round schooling so they don’t have to experience it. Parents don’t mind as much because they don’t have to participate.
I strongly disagree with this idea.
Im a twelth grade student in ohio and from some of the above comments year round education might be exactly what needs to be done. There are many pros and cons to year round schooling. Shorter summer break will make it easier for students to remember things they traditionally forget. For those who hear “year round schooling” and think right away of the loss of summer be assured we still have a summer break it is simply thirty days instead of sixty. We do not even lose the other thirty days because it is divided thruout the school year. Something that should be kept in mind is that no matter what system a school uses, what matters most are the staff of the schools and the willingness of each indivisual student to learn.
I think year-round schooling would be a good idea because stats show that teachers spend an average of 6-8 weeks reteaching at the beginning of the year
I’m a 41 year old college student. I’m writting a paper on YRS. I think we as Americans are missing the biggest picture of all when it comes to year round schooling. I’m a single mother of four and it surprises me that no one is looking at the positive effects it will have on daycare issues. Issues it may help is our countries welfare asst: programs(both parents won’t have the excuse,I can’t work because we have kids to take care of. If Obama really wanted to put his money where his mouth is then he would see this as not only a step in the right direction for our economy, but he would also see it as solution to the greatest loss America is facing–our teachers.
Ohhh NOOO!!! I Am A 7th Grader From Seattle And Im Doing Research For A Debate And I Think We Should NOT Have Year Round Schools!!
BOO HISS for year round schooling
i think year around school would not be to good for us students. i mean iam in 10th right now i can be in 12th grade a year or 2 befor i have to i mean its not going to make students stay in school just cause its a year around school.
i am a 8th grade student and i want YEAR ROUND SCHOOLIN
im 14 and in 8th grade i think year round schooling is HORRIBLE nobody should have it ughh
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It depends on the schedule. Many year-round schools have a 45-15 plan, meaning that after every 45 days (9 weeks) of school, students have 15 days (3 weeks) off. So it depends on whether you want your breaks to be fewer and longer, or shorter and more often. (I’m a college junior who remembers her days of wishing for Winter Break to come faster.)
hey im attenting the ymca program this school year.and im proposing that year round schooling gets past theres many great benefits
I don’t think that year round schooling is a good idea