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Opposition to year round schools can be fervent. [[Wake County Public School System|Wake County, North Carolina]], parents opposed to their children being assigned to schools with a year round schedule took their case to the North Carolina Supreme Court. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3442126/|title=Supreme Court to hear year-round school case|date=8/27/2008|publisher=WRAL|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/1404213/|title=Mandatory Year Round Debate Archive|language=WRAL|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref> |
Opposition to year round schools can be fervent. [[Wake County Public School System|Wake County, North Carolina]], parents opposed to their children being assigned to schools with a year round schedule took their case to the North Carolina Supreme Court. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3442126/|title=Supreme Court to hear year-round school case|date=8/27/2008|publisher=WRAL|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/1404213/|title=Mandatory Year Round Debate Archive|language=WRAL|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Year-Round School is the scheduling of educational institutions so that students take class throughout the entire calendar year. A motivation is that higher student throughput is accomplished via more effective scheduling of school resources. Year round schedules deliver the same number of total days of classroom education and vacation as traditional calendars, distributed differently throughout the year. Funding considerations favor multi-tracking students, which allows more students to use the same number of classrooms, instead of constructing entirely new schools.
Advocates claim that year-round calendars help students achieve higher and allow teachers to provide more effective education. Reports from the California State Department Of Education show that standardized test scores increased an average increase of 13.3% in reading scores[1]. Conversely, opponents insist that year-round education is detrimental to student learning. Some school board officials and studies indicate negative impacts of schedule changes and year-round education. Lawsuits have even been filed[2] against various school districts, citing year-round schools as being "harmful to students."
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Proponents of year-round school cite:
- Educational
Criticisms
Opposition to year round schools can be fervent. Wake County, North Carolina, parents opposed to their children being assigned to schools with a year round schedule took their case to the North Carolina Supreme Court. [5][6]
Normal people do not want this because we have a life.
References
- ^ a b United States Department of Education (1992), What YRE Can Do To Enhance Academic Achievement and To Enrich the Lives of Students That the Traditional Calendar Cannot Do.
- ^ Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Students, Parents File Suit Against State's Funding Of School
- ^ Wake County Public School System (2006-05-04), Teacher Survey: Year-Round Conversion (PDF)
- ^ Kneese, Carolyn (2000-08-01), Single-Track vs. Multi-Track Schedules, United States Department of Education (ERIC Digest)
- ^ "Supreme Court to hear year-round school case". WRAL. 8/27/2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
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(help) - ^ "Mandatory Year Round Debate Archive" (in WRAL). Retrieved 2008-08-27.
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