Wednesday, December 11, 2013

year round school is not a good idea

i think that year-round schooling is not a good idea. it takes away  long break for you to cool down from working so hard. researchers find out that the improvement was not significant. year-round schools take away vacations and summer camp  and time spent with friends. also year-round schools can cost a lot more money by buying things like air conditioning and science kits, and with all the hot weather  kids could just not want to go to school and there parents would let them miss school. Probably the primary reason for supporters of year-round education have for switching from a traditional calendar is that they believe that year-round schooling can offer students a better education.  Educator Susan Morse (2002) believes that the longer students are on vacation, the less material they retain.  She adds that year-round education can improve the academic performance of students who cannot depend on their home care to help them with learning.  This sounds logical, but Morse gives no supporting evidence that year-round education actually improves students' academic performance.  In fact, Teresa Greenfield(2004) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the result showed no significant improvement. There are additional reasons for not changing the traditional school calendar.  Summer time allows children to grow and mature, which may ultimately give them a new outlook for the upcoming school year and provide them with the chance for a fresh start.  As White (2008) points out, summer can also provide children with educational opportunities that they may not get while in school, such as enjoying a summer reading program at the public library, learning to swim, attending a summer camp, or visiting faraway historic sites on vacation.  Allowing children the summer off gives them time to explore the world without being graded as they are in the classroom.  Moreover, if children do need remedial help, one or two hours of summer school per day can be offered to provide them with additional tutoring.  Most traditional school calendars offer summer school already, so there is no need to change the calendar.

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