It wasn’t until about 1970 when the concept of year-round schooling began to become a reality. From that year on, you would assume that year-round school schedules would become more popular because by now it’s been around for approximately 50 years. However, that is on the contrary of the reality with today’s schools. Only about four percent of schools in the United States run on year-round school schedules, which leaves plenty of room for criticisms to be made.
Year-round school schedules make the amount of days students go to school more drawn out instead of waking most of it in one or two chunks of a given year. Usually, traditional school systems have students and teachers go to school for 180 days, giving them small breaks in between and a large summer break. However, with year-round schedules, students and staff attend school for only about six to nine weeks which are separated by two to four week breaks. This means that school is in session for about two months and there is a break that lasts about a month, depending on how long the school decides on for certain breaks. Since 1970, many people have attended and worked in schools that run on this type of schedule. Consequently, many pros and cons have been discovered about this nontraditional and new schedule.
Many people who believe that year-round schooling is a good schedule and may be better than normal schedules often say that this type of schedule decreases the amount of long disruption in the school year. Additionally, many also say that because there isn’t a large break in the middle of the year that students can remember the information they were taught prior to the break more easily. Mary Brown, a woman who teaches at a year-round school, stated that her students did not seem to face any disruption, “Our schedule offers the kids a break from school right when they need it. They didn’t have the bored, glazed-over look of kids who had been at school for weeks on end with no break in sight.” To further this argument, a teacher at Indianola school said, “When you get a three week break in the fall and a three week break in March, it’s absolutely rejuvenating.”
On the other hand, many believe that not only do year-round schools cause disturbances and stress upon the students, but they interfere with sports, summer jobs, and family vacations. Patricia McCracken, who attended a year-round school, said, “It was really hard to get involved in the work because as soon as you geared up, you had to gear back down.” In addition, Tenney School said, “It’s difficult to build a strong team when you’re taking a three-week break in the middle of every semester - and games and competitions will still take place during the break, since most districts are still on a standard schedule.” Families often find childcare like babysitters or daycares to look after their children while the adults go to work. Tenney School continued to say how a year-round school schedule can make that quite difficult, “Instead of simply knowing that it will be necessary to do something different over the summer, it’s necessary to find quality childcare every few weeks.”
Year-round schooling has proven many of the points made previously, pros and cons. However, it is evident that a very small percentage of schools in the United States use year-round school schedules because it is something very different from the traditional, normal, and familiarized schedule of 180 days with a summer break. Many more schools will most likely continue to adapt to this schedule, but it is unlikely that all ever will. The schedule itself definitely has its pros and cons, but schools themselves get to choose what seems right for them and their community of people.
https://www.tenneyschool.com/advantages-disadvantages-year-round-school/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzA5-InPFkcgA2Wsfet1b6R9IygzWFIS-qwLdVilh7g/edit
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/school-involvement/pros-and-cons-year-round-schools.html
Year-round school schedules make the amount of days students go to school more drawn out instead of waking most of it in one or two chunks of a given year. Usually, traditional school systems have students and teachers go to school for 180 days, giving them small breaks in between and a large summer break. However, with year-round schedules, students and staff attend school for only about six to nine weeks which are separated by two to four week breaks. This means that school is in session for about two months and there is a break that lasts about a month, depending on how long the school decides on for certain breaks. Since 1970, many people have attended and worked in schools that run on this type of schedule. Consequently, many pros and cons have been discovered about this nontraditional and new schedule.
Many people who believe that year-round schooling is a good schedule and may be better than normal schedules often say that this type of schedule decreases the amount of long disruption in the school year. Additionally, many also say that because there isn’t a large break in the middle of the year that students can remember the information they were taught prior to the break more easily. Mary Brown, a woman who teaches at a year-round school, stated that her students did not seem to face any disruption, “Our schedule offers the kids a break from school right when they need it. They didn’t have the bored, glazed-over look of kids who had been at school for weeks on end with no break in sight.” To further this argument, a teacher at Indianola school said, “When you get a three week break in the fall and a three week break in March, it’s absolutely rejuvenating.”
On the other hand, many believe that not only do year-round schools cause disturbances and stress upon the students, but they interfere with sports, summer jobs, and family vacations. Patricia McCracken, who attended a year-round school, said, “It was really hard to get involved in the work because as soon as you geared up, you had to gear back down.” In addition, Tenney School said, “It’s difficult to build a strong team when you’re taking a three-week break in the middle of every semester - and games and competitions will still take place during the break, since most districts are still on a standard schedule.” Families often find childcare like babysitters or daycares to look after their children while the adults go to work. Tenney School continued to say how a year-round school schedule can make that quite difficult, “Instead of simply knowing that it will be necessary to do something different over the summer, it’s necessary to find quality childcare every few weeks.”
Year-round schooling has proven many of the points made previously, pros and cons. However, it is evident that a very small percentage of schools in the United States use year-round school schedules because it is something very different from the traditional, normal, and familiarized schedule of 180 days with a summer break. Many more schools will most likely continue to adapt to this schedule, but it is unlikely that all ever will. The schedule itself definitely has its pros and cons, but schools themselves get to choose what seems right for them and their community of people.
https://www.tenneyschool.com/advantages-disadvantages-year-round-school/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzA5-InPFkcgA2Wsfet1b6R9IygzWFIS-qwLdVilh7g/edit
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/school-involvement/pros-and-cons-year-round-schools.html
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