I believe that year-round schools should be at least an option in our district. First off, and very important to the students is that a year-round school gives students and teachers with a break every 2 months or so. Additionally, if we had the option of a year-round school then it would help to prevent some students from being taken out of school often for a family vacation to Mammoth or Mexico. Lastly, a year-round school would give the teachers a more time for teaching, ultimately letting them cover the required material more thoroughly. I believe that now is the time to change our educational system as we know it for the benefit of teachers, students and their parents!
45 days in school and 15 days off will cause too many disruptions. The Supplies will have to be bought as well. Kids forget the same amount of knowledge during the breaks. They also get summer jobs. They don’t just go to school; they get paid by others to save up for college.
Kimberly Northcraft English 102 MWF 8:30 February 12, 2013 Exploratory Paper Does year-round education seem like a logical system to follow? The controversy of switching from the traditional school calendar to the year-round school calendar has been around for a while. Schools in America would still operate on a 180 day system, but the amount of school and vacation time will be distributed differently throughout the year. Schools would switch from long segments of schooling at a time to shorter, broken up segments. The one thing that people generally think about first is the distribution of their vacation time.
Although many people qualified for grants to pay for school, books & supplies without having to take out student loans. “Beginning with the president's first full month in office, February of 2009, the economy lost 4.3 million jobs in the first 13 months of his presidency. Employment spurted for much of 2010, but beginning in October of that year, America began to gain jobs” (Velshi, 2012). But for many with a working spouse or parents that are middle class income but cannot afford school are forced to use student loans to cover tuition, books and supplies and sometimes what’s left is used to help cover their bills while they are attending school. This is a growing concern because so many cannot pay the loans on top of their mortgage, food and other
It has been proven in the mid-90s by a Dr. Gary Peltier in the article (Year Round School is not a good Idea) that when the scores of year-round school students were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen. b. In a study in North Carolina it was showed that the study of reading and math test scores of more than 345,000 students found year-round schools had no academic advantage over traditional calendar schools. II. The next issue on board is that year round school would improve the social life of a student.
Most christian colleges and 7 other schools offer the option as a strategy boost enrollments in tough economic times. In last fall’s survey, 62 percent said the economy affected where they enrolled. Amherst and Pomona, and other wealthy colleges have eliminated loans from financial-aid packages. Private schools with a little endowment rarely have the option and would lose students to lower-priced public universities. President Peter Samuelson, of a 3 year-old company called LRAP Association uses pooled funds to repay loans for graduates who qualify and that no more than 20 percent of participating students will need the money or for more than a few years.
* Students in a year-round school are divided into multiple tracks with each track having a different starting and ending date. * Students are assigned to a track to meet their specific needs and also to equalize classroom enrollment. * At any given time one track is out of school and the other tracks are in session. * The school is in operation 242 days a year with teachers and students present. * Families can request that if they have children in the system, that they be on the same scheduling.
This number has grown to the greatest level of people in 52 years. ß With more and more adults being laid off from jobs, the average American family is bringing about $50,000 as of 2010. ß In many cases families are more worried about if they will be about to keep their house or be able to provide food for kids. They are not and can’t wonder if they will be able to make enough money to pay for their child’s public education. Argument #3- The federal government is paying $7,500 a year to put children in America through school. ß But, right now 20 million children are currently on the Free and Reduced lunch programs provided by schools.
I have witnessed 20-year teachers either leaving the same school they have been at for years to go to a new achieving schools or retiring to avoid dealing with the Merit pay system. This is a loss for the student learning population in any school. I have also witnessed the openings for teaching positions at underachieving schools still open until late January. Why? Because, what teacher is going to go and work at a school that will receive an “F or
Chad Conger Mrs. Yoakum English105 17 October 2012 Summary In the article “Working Life” the author, Nisha Ramachandran, explains how working during your time in college can affect your life in many ways, but ultimately being a student should come first. Ramachandran opens up by elaborating on the average cost of college and how it can be overwhelming at times. She says, “ 74 percent of full-time students juggle work and school.”(292) Additionally 46 percent of those students work 25 hours or more in a week, and 20 percent work full time. Ramachandran also states that students should look for co-op programs that employ students into fields of their studies. The article explains that these carriers often pay better due to the amount