1/31/14

Final Draft
Year-Round Schools
By Megan

No, I do not think we should have year-round schools because they have just as good learning opportunities as regular schools and are just about the same amount of days as regular schools. “We found that students in year-round schools learn more during the summer, when others are on vacation, but they seem to learn less than other children during the rest of the year,” said Paul von Hippel (Ohio State Research.) Showing that the students attending year round schools learn just as much as children in regular schools do creates another reason why year round schooling is a bad idea.
"Most often, year-round schooling is not an extension of the school year, but, rather, a reorganization of it" (Education Week.) Finding that there is a small extension if any at all, we can say that with the breaks spread out more the school year would not be that different.
"Year- round schools continue to operate 180 days per year, but they stretch out the 180 days over the entire year and take shorter breaks between each term" (National Education Association.) As the breaks are more spread out the school year shows that you would be going to school just about the same amount as you would in a regular school. In conclusion, year round schools are found to not increase learning and are the same amount of school as a regular school.

Works Cited:

Grabmeier, Jeff. "Round Schools Don't Boost Learning." Year-Round Schools Don't Boost Learning, Study Finds. N.p., 7 Aug. 2007. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.

"Year - Round Schooling." Education Week. Education Week, 3 Aug. 2004. Web. 22 Jan. 2014.

"Research Spotlight on Year-Round Education." Rss. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.