Analyzing a New Year Round School Calendar

Educational debates are a widespread in today’s society. Currently, one of the largest debates in education is the debate of whether schools should stay with the traditional school calendar or change to a year-round calendar. The main focus of the debate is centered around the idea that using the year-round calendar will provide kids with a more consistent learning schedule, which in turn creates better grades within the school and cuts back on summer learning loss. Year-round calendar and traditional calendar are far different. Traditional school calendar provides ten weeks of summer break and year-round calendar provides a shorter summer break but more frequent breaks throughout the year. The frequent breaks provide families the opportunity to choose what school year would be the best fit for their family and also helps keep children motivated in school. With the information given many believe the year-round calendar will provide a better education by preventing summer learning loss, create a better calendar to fit certain lifestyles, and promote more motivation in school.

As part of the traditional school calendar kids get about ten weeks out of school for summer break. Commonly that time filled with summer camps, family vacation, summer jobs, and relaxation. During the long summer break children forget some of the things learned during the school year and require a lot of time reviewing when class resumes. Richard L. Worsnop is a well-established author to many educational books including The Great Plague, Ancient Egypt and many others. Worsnop is also the associate editor for the CQ Researcher which is a weekly report on public policy issues. Worsnop wrote an article called “Year-Round Schools” which talks about the educatio...

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...eved that the year-round calendar will provide the frequent breaks needed to keep students refreshed and motivated which in turn might result in a higher attendance and graduation rates. In the article "Is Summer Vacation Bad for You?" it is stated that “Experts say this type of calendar has clear benefits. With less time out of the classroom over the summer, most students don’t need as much review when they return. Plus, the opportunity to relax and recharge throughout the year prevents students – and teachers – from becoming exhausted. The bottom line: less stress and more learning.” Other’s disagree completely and believe that the frequent breaks cause unnecessary interruptions causing kids and families to become stressed and create issues when finding childcare. The entire idea of a new calendar year in school would only create more problems and hurt the economy