Year Round Schooling

What is it?

• 180 school days, minimum
• 45-15, 60-20 or 90-30 plans
• Balanced calendar
• Single track or multi-track
• Multi-track allows more student enrollment

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Pros

• Multi-track schedules
• Preventing summer learning loss
• Prevents teacher and student "burnout"
• Sometimes has waivers for requirements of ESEA
• Access to health care and other related services

Cons

• "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
• Outdated and not suited for modern society's needs
• Tourism and other industries
• Interfere with summer jobs

How many schools are year round?

• 4% of schools nationally
• 3,700 schools
• Including 400 charter schools
• 46 states have at least one year round school
• Based on 2011-2012

Timeline of the Trend

• 1970's- first conversations
• 1994- "Prisoners of Time"
• 2014- study provides policy and legal analysis

Glossary of Terms

• Year round school- instructional days are spread throughout the entire year
• Balanced calendar- longer periods of time off spread throughout the school year
• Single track school- all students and teachers follow the same calendar

Glossary (continued)

• Multi track school- students and courses are grouped into distinct schedules, usually to maximize limited space
• Charter school- a publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority.

References

• Research Spotlight on Year-Round Education. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2016, from http://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm

References (continued)

• Zubrzycki, J. (2016). Year-Round Schooling Explained. Retrieved September 29, 2016, from https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/year-round-schooling/

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